Mr. Cheng's Poem
Is there a tune more happy
than a daughter’s windchime laugh?
A silence more crushing
than her rolling tear?
Is there a breeze more cooling
than a son’s slumbered sigh?
A thought more awesome
than the question that he asks?
And is there a truer joy
when I am the clown? Shame
when I accuse
and rage? Peace
when I pull up the sheet? Pride
when I strike the flint?
I made these kids
and I make these kids.
And they make me.
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