November 18 Before, 1946
Before, 1946I love that photograph.My father standing, head upout of a crowd on a boat deck.Black and white, but full of pride and promise.Before his love of fifthsBefore his heart became a stonethat...
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So sad and good, K.I like your telling about where his shrapnelwas.I also like, "Before his love of fifthsBefore his heart became a stonethat pushed our mother’s buttons.Before he mumbled, “you people”"
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Very moving, vivid, genuine and well put together. I love it all, but these lines are so striking: Black and white, but full of pride and promise. Before his love of fifths Before he mumbled, “you...
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I too am entranced by photos of my father in uniform before I was born. So young! I enjoyed the last stanza particularly.
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Much to appreciate here; you have selected the relational descriptive tidbits well. And I like the close.
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yeah, "you people" is just great.great-rough. i have heard my mother say that, in the most stressful situations, it shows the person's alienation and rather endears me to the father. nice grace with...
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Killer: Before he mumbled, “you people” the first time I said I loved him. I have pictures of my Dad so young and in uniform, too. So hard to imagine and then there he is right there in black and...
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