CEMETERY: Pond II LOCATION: Row 4C FROST #: X
NAME:
HIGGINS, Donald S. JR
Birth Date: APR 3, 1930
Death Date: JULY 27, 1994
SPOUSE: Barbara B. hIGGINS
Birth Date: DEC 16,1932
Death Date:
INSCRIPTION: FOR JUST A MINUTE, LORD,
LET ME BE A CHILD AGAIN IF I MIGHT ONCE AGAIN
CATCH A BRIEF GLANCE FROM ATOP MY FATHER’S
SHOULDERS OF FOUR PALE BLUE ROBINS EGGS
NESTLED IN THE OLD OAK TREE.
STOMP THROUGH PUDDLES IN SPRING’S LIGHT RAIN
UNTIL MY PANTS AND SHOES ARE SOAKED,
OR LIFT MY FACE, EYES SQUEEZED SHUT AND MOUTH
OPEN WIDE TO CATCH HUGE SNOWFLAKES ON MY TONGUE .
WHERE DID I ACCEPT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY
AND MAKE BELIEVE?
ON WHAT DAY DID I START SEEING WITH MY MIND
INSTEAD OF MY HEART?
PLEASE LORD,
LET ME BE A CHILD JUST ONE MORE TIME.........DSH
CONDITION OF MARKER/HEAD STONE/LOT:
GREY POLISHSED GRANITE WITH ENGRAVED CABIN,
LAKE, TREES AND A MAN FISHING
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
A CROSS ON THE GREY GRANITE FOOTSTONE
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