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Subject: [NJBERGEN] Kinsman
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:22:51 EST

Hi,

Don't normally send this stuff on, but Doris thought it was cute, so here
goes:

Kinsman

Alas, my elusive kinsman,
You've led me quite a chase,
I thought I'd found your courthouse,
But the Yankees, burned the place,
You always kept your bags packed,
Although, you had no fame, and.....
Just for the fun of it,
Twice, you changed your name.
You never owed any man, orr
At least, I found no bills,
In spite of eleven offspring,
You never left a Will.
They say, our Name's from Europe,
Came state side on a ship,
Either they lost the passenger list,
Or, granddad, gave them the slip.
I'm the only one looking,
Another searcher, I can't find,
I pray, (maybe thats his father's name)
As I go out of my mind.
They say, you had a headstone,
In a shady plot,
I've been there, twenty times, and
Can't even find the lot.
You never wrote a letter,
Your, Bible, we can't find,
It's probably in some attic,
Out of sight, and out of mind.
You first married a ......Smith,
And just to set the tone,
The other four were Sarah's,
And everyone a Jones.
You cost me two fortunes,
One of which I did not have,
My wife, my house, and Fido,
God, how I miss that Yellow Lab.
But somewhere, you slipped up,
Ole, Boy, Somewhere, you left a track,
And if I dont find you, this year,,
Well......Next Year, I'll be back.....

(original poem by: Wayne Hand, 1999)

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