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And there's another such poem
about parents called Yesterday.

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My friend says, I was not
a good son, you understand.

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I say, yes I understand.

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He says, I did not go to see my
parents very often, you know.

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And I say, yes I know.

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Even when I was living
in the same city,

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he says, maybe I would
go there once a month

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or maybe even less.

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I say oh yeah.

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He says the last time I
went to see my father,

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I say the last time
I saw my father,

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he says the last time I saw
my father he was asking me

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about my life, how
I was making out.

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And he went into the next room
to get something to give me.

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Oh, I say, feeling again
the cold of my father's hand

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the last time.

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He says when my father
turned in the doorway

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and saw me look
at my wristwatch.

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And he said, you
know, I would like

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you to stay and talk with me.

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Oh yes I say.

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But if you are busy,
he said, I don't

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want you to feel that you
have to just because I'm here.

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I say nothing.

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He says my father
said maybe you have

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important work you were
doing, or maybe you

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should be seeing somebody.

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I don't want to keep you.

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I look out the window.

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My friend is older than I am.

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He says, and I told
my father it was so,

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and I got up and left
him then, you know.

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Though there was nowhere I had
to go and nothing I had to do.

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