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Just One More Day

Just One More Day

To: My brother Calvin 1948-2003

If I had one more day with you in my life,
I would thank you for imparting so much insight.                   

I would secure our brother Louis to drive us around town without delay
We would watch a movie and walk through a Public Park where kids play               

We would ride downtown, have your favorite lunch, watch people and stare
We would enjoy a tour of Busch Stadium, an interest we all could share                 

We would laugh out loud about the Cardinals being our father’s beloved team  
We would agree to forgive daddy for all the times he appeared to be so mean

In some ways, though not all, one last day together would be sad;               
But we would recall another world, when we were just happy, carefree lads

It would pain us to speak of working hard in cotton fields, when we were boys.    
Then we would speak about the fun times we had, playing with our toys

Perhaps you would share with me one last financial tip,
Because you were outstanding in the field of entrepreneurship

Perhaps we would speak of things on which we debate and disagree,                  or of your thoughts of St. Louis, or Chicago, or even Daytona Beach       

We'd quickly agree to disagree on some things, because there would be so many; and then we’d quietly talk about your tour of duty with the US Army in Germany.  

I would have held ever so tightly to your frail body, saying, “I love you”.  
Then we would sit for a spell on the banks of the Mississippi, taking in one last view.
12102015( Contest, Just One More Day)

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