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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I need some help with coming up with a title. Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gaunt beyond his seventy-seven years,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My dying father sleeps, sedated,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beneath crisp white sheets and blankets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on a bed from which he will never rise.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kidney cancer has invaded nearby organs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And claimed his bloodstream as its transport<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Around his skeletal body that lingers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on the brink of a new century. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Outside the icy hospice window,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dusk falls on the final day of a century<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And tucks its comfort tenderly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Around my father in his remaining hours.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No stranger to floating through the sky<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With an army parachute down<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To the chaos and carnage of Normandy’s beaches,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He survived to lose this universal battle.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>His imminent journey will, I hope,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Be gentler and more peaceful<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As his soul transcends time and ether<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While, sadly, I release his hand.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>