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I heardtell oupa staphorst
never spoke much of the lowlands
perhaps afraid of a flood
were he to open the gates
yet this hung on their wall
when we read the word grachten
flows from graven
is it verb or noun
is it the digging or the dug
whenwhere it was theired
I do not know
I do know
it came to be here
after ouma called from the night
in the next room
vorentoe
vorentoe
vorentoe
I knew said dad
he went her(e) before
yet mamma had never seen this
type of door
sister clipped it to brick
made it heavy
now the canals carry me
to the next question
did he ever miss them
did he ever miss them

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