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HOOSIERS

Gregory Liffick

Somewhere south
of Indianapolis
and north of Kentucky,
my parents were raised
within fifty miles
of each other
on rich Wabash River
bottom land.
A picture of my mother,
dirt poor at sixteen,
in overalls,
leading a horse drawn cart.
Last of nine children
(those that lived).
She the baby.
A photo of my father
in his Army uniform,
headed off
to World War II.
In Hawaii
when they dropped
the bombs.
Never fought.
Toured the Ginza
in post-war Tokyo
and saw Korea
as an occupation soldier.
They met years later
in Chicago.
My father a salesman.
My mother a secretary.
Eisenhower era fate.
Windy City romance.
Heartland marriage,
back home again
in Indiana.

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