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Card

Gil Hoy

I found
my grandfather’s
business card
in a black old box
of family photos
in our attic.
The once durable
16pt card stock
was badly creased,
its black letters
worn and faded.

The man was a hero
in my mother’s eyes.
He died from smoke
and too much whiskey
when I was just a little boy
so I never got to see
just how great he really was
or really wasn’t.

I remember
sitting on his knee
in their Florida room.
It was still dark outside
and the air was filled
with smoke. He was
smoking a cigarette.

He’s sometimes
in my dreams.
I’m standing
over his grave
weeping. The flat
brass gravestone
is covered with
Bermuda grass.
It’s not been
attended to.

I don’t know where
the dead go
or if it’s best
to forget them.
I dream many nights
of an empty house
I must wander
through, filled with
people I used to know.

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