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Goodbye, goodnight

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Cherry  blossom
fall
into the sunset lighted harbour
Brief and fragile pink
In a sea of fire

A ship
lifting anchor
White sails
edged gold by a westering sun

Tide’s out ! Tide’s out!
Time to go

No time for a parting glass

And yet I set it on the dock
A glass of brandy
As gold as the sun

The ship is
A dot
A white gold sail
in a red sky

And so I lift it.
lift the glass high
Goodbye! Goodbye!

Goodnight...
In honor of my Grandma. She married a sailor, engendered a whole pack of travelers, became quite the globe-trotter herself in her later years and enjoyed a glass of lemon brandewijn once in a while. She left for the last great journey on Sunday 10 August. This is my parting glass for her.
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