a father or an acquaintance

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a kind man
he would give
the shirt off
his back
but I only knew
him as a half wadded
up card
and a necklace from
the dollar store
and a picture that
I hid in my radio
I don't remember
the sound of his laugh
or know what his favorite
color was
but I know what's it's like
to miss a person
you barely know

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