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Only moments ago
Did I know...
That Chris Lucarini, age 84, passed away
I will always remember her for a particular day.
The mother of Edward, Julie & Camille,
Was, in Rocky Point terms (and others) the real deal.
Also mother to Peter & Christine, widow of Edward Sr.
I distinctly remember the last time I did see her.
It was a visit to New York, thirty years ago
Enthusiastically, she sat me on her patio.
How fondly she talked of my mother
Whose son–coffee & pastry-sated–talked of other
Things like teaching math in a Los Angeles ghetto
And that particular day in one-nine-seven-two.
I had been hitchhiking but not for want of car:
For want of jobless fun, ended by HER.
She gave me a phone number, as if such were the norm
The next day all I did was fill out the form
And that summer I worked with kids in a camp
As opposed to being a jobless beach bum tramp.
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