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Aug 2018
Remembering my Grandfather
  forgetting my Dad

Wanting to be near him
  paternal influence bad

He loved without question,
  his smile blocked the sun

And without his embracing
  —my life on the run

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Kurt Philip Behm
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