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Thanks also for buttermilk biscuits
the kind now extinct since mother moved away
for Fannie Emory who taught mom to cook
thanks for granny Greer who helped me be less afraid
and Betty Greer who taught me 'kick the can'
thanks for every song in 'my fair lady'
for leaving on a troop ship from Bremerhaven
and for sailing past the statue of liberty
thanks for the alley behind my childhood church
for when i went to Illinois
with Uncle Charlie
Many thanks
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Thanks also for a Mississippi house,
for each swing and slide and tree tied rope we raced to on arrival.
Mostly thanks to her for each embrace,
for teaching us to sing.
For training us to become less afraid and how to make a karo pecan pie.
Thanks for every story of cattle drives,
of how daddy became the mule's master.
Thanks for each cousin who came near to play.
Thanks for a twisting road back to Memphis.
Many thanks.
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And thanks for thin crusted pizza shared with a beautiful lady
thanks for the quietness of this afternoon
thanks that today's news makes me weep
for the sound of sisters voice calling from the coast
for memory of these trees before they became so tall
thanks for the Andre Rieu choir and George Harrison singing my sweet lord
for unrestrained anticipations for dreamless sleep
Many thanks
