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Here's one about my dad.

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My dad was an
interesting person.

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I remember clearly when
the papers are saying

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there's going to be an eclipse.

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And none of us knew what
that was in our neighborhood.

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But it didn't sound good.

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And my father was
often enough, he

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was something of a scoundrel.

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But he was also a very devout
deacon of the Baptist church.

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And my father used to
say, I'm going to heaven.

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And I'd say are you
pretty sure about that.

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I didn't see it myself.

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And he said God
understands a man like me.

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And I thought, wow God is deep.

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It's pretty good.

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Anyway, "Faith."

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"My father was so
sure that afternoon,

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he put on his Sunday
suit and waited

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by the front porch,
one hand gripping

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his hat, the other
in his jacket,

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to greet the end of the world.

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He stood there patient
during the eclipse,

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during the darkening
day just before the war.

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As we watched huddled
from the bedroom door,

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his bowing eyes, the only
hopeful light on Purdy street."

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