Remember how it felt to be the
                      first to color with your brand
the way	        new fat Crayola crayons in red
the wax	         and blue? those same colors against
is rough	         the white butcher paper is exactly
against		          the way his clothes looked against
the white	       the white cloud backdrop of 
the way	              Sangasett Bay jeans hanging off his
his clothes     	body with a red T-shirt blown up
might feel	      against the contours of his forty-one-
if you ran	      year-old torso that the way he looked
your hands	       as he stood on the cape facing
gently		          the water the morning I finally
across		       gave up our battle with cancer he
his image      	stood there his feet shoulder-width
		             apart hands on his hips looking
as though he was getting ready
to disappear from the world in
which he was born I
could've taken him with me but he
told me to go first he'd stay behind
to make sure I was well on my way
without encountering any problems
with no problems he'd follow when I
was already gone

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