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Edwin Outwater, Stepfather
We were never close
I know you adored my mother
But too much distance between us
Your lithe athleticism
My anxious awkwardness
Your precise engineering
My literary aspirations
The war you never spoke of
Unless it were a funny story
From Germany’s front lines
The zipper that broke
When you were blown from
The top of the American tank
Uninjured and a medal for bravery
The Vietnam War I did not join
You understood why after a time
Our common ground in my mother
I hope your sons are as proud
Of you as I am and thank you
- Clayton Medeiros's Shared Poems
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