<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359740" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Friend The Professor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because he was my friend<br>I will not mention his name<br>But this brief story lends<br>So much mystery, just the same.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We all rented that apartment<br>In separate units of nine-<br>Near the school where we sent<br>Our children, to save time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But life had its testings, <br>And my friend, the Professor<br>Found his health had been failing<br>Soon he needed a doctor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the biopsy was grim<br>Unfortunate and not hopeful, <br>His chances were quite slim<br>And the prospects were so awful.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cancer had advanced- <br>Surgery was probable, <br>So he took a last chance<br>But his end was predictable.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He would walk the early mornings<br>In our wide tree-lined street<br>A daily scene repeating<br>To all the people he that he meets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He regretted dying early<br>For his children were still young<br>He would beg God sincerely<br>Prayed he'd live more years on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In three months, he was gone<br>And we soon missed the sight<br>Of the Professor's walking, done<br>In the early morning light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But soon stories went around<br>Told by many who had seen<br>The late 'Professor' was found-<br>To walk the lane where he had been.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>--<br>Co pyright Cynthia Buhain -Baello<br>February 17,2010<br>Philippines</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359740" data-title="My Friend The Professor de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="Because he was my friend I will not mention his name But this brief story lends So much mystery, just the same. We all rented that apartment In separate units of nine- Near the school where we sent Our children, to save time. But life had its te..."></div> </div> </div>

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