To give me that look

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A n y w a y s

First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Columbia, South Carolina

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In a rush this weekday morning,
I tap the horn as I speed past the cemetery
where my parents are buried
side by side beneath a slab of smooth granite.

Then, all day, I think of him rising up
to give me that look
of knowing disapproval
while my mother calmly tells him to lie back down.

> Billy Collins <

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Happy Friday