Anniversary
My father was born on June the 30th 1926
Today is June the 30th 2017
My wife received a compliment about her complexion today
Exactly ninety-one years after the birth of my father
Anniversary
My father was born exactly ninety-one years ago today
His heritage was partially Jewish
In his lifetime he never visited Norwich
Today I purchased a book of poems
Written in that beautiful city
Anniversary
I never thought much about my Jewish heritage
But of late I have given it much thought
My father died on June the 9th 1996
Clutching his mother’s necklace
As he died I crudely sketched
The Star of David
And placed it on his fading heart