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Created on: October 05, 2010 Last Updated: January 10, 2011
My daddy's chair
Now sits empty
My daddy's chair
Was once soft and bouncy
The rocker smooth and soothing
My daddy's chair held many a child with a tummy ache
Tears were dried and pain was healed
My daddy's chair so worn and old
Still sits in the place of honor
My mom sits there at night
To feel his love
To touch his memory
She will someday be gone
But for now she sits
In my daddy's chair
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