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How we remember

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Carpenters and Sinatra at the crack of dawn, The tinkling of your tea stirring, in the early morn, Your favorite radio station and the clink, clink, clink, You live on in the music of our everyday things. Flat screens like wallpaper, subwoofers that bring down the roof, Our voice of protest in vain, there's no stealing his groove, He lived by his terms, king size, no compromise, 16 million colors in full HD, that's what we remember you by. No puzzle too hard to crack, that math and logic could screen, Modern progressions free from your fingertips, to any tune I could dream, I am but one of a thousand minds you enriched through the years, You live on in the seeds of knowledge blooming in gardens across the world. Is there a family left, who have not seen this yet, Our dearest's once dancing, broken to their final breath, How we wish to un-see the pain, we can never forget, But, that is not what we...

Hawaii

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Where your troubles are through Your spirit renewed Nowhere to be Nothing to prove Warm nights on the sand Your hand in my hand Shores of palm trees Could it be the promised land? Clear, turquoise and alive The ocean makes you whole   Pineapples and coconuts The flavors draw your soul   Where the summer has no end Plumeria around the bend Mai Tai’s and Pina Coladas Oh take me back again. Mahalo to the island Until we meet again.