From the poem: The First Time Percy Came BackYes, it’s all different,” he said.“You’re going to be very surprised.”But I wasn’t thinking of that. I onlywanted to hold him. “Listen,” he said,“I miss that too.And now you’ll be telling storiesof my coming backand they won’t be false, and they won’t be true,but they’ll be real.”And then, as he used to, he said, “Let’s go!”And we walked down the beach together.
-Mary Oliver
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