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[to my Fatherr, LJC, 1926-2007; who served 1944-1946]

[after Luke 15:19a]

When young, I did not respect the way my father

served in the military:  I did not bother

to thank him for that while he was alive.

He is dead now; and I, nearer death, must strive

to honor his service in the Pacific war

(this is not a facade or a whim).

I write and post this poem as tribute to him;

I wish I could do so much more.

I am proud of his courage through the battles he had seen:

my father, forever, a United States Marine.

Starward, unworthy to be his son or to bear his surname