<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420247" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Man with the Thousand Yard Stare</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sits with a stoic's resistance, <br> his son in the casket lies there.<br> No line of a tear mars his visage-<br> the man with the Thousand yard stare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> He sits in the front row of mourners, <br> His dear sobbing wife by his side<br> in silence he keeps his sad vigil<br> and stares up at Christ crucified.<br> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The mourners pass by him in silence, <br> touch his hand or say meaningless words, <br> for his part he stares straight on through them<br> as if nothings felt, nothings heard.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The Parson commands us to silence<br> and struggles to lead us in prayer-<br> but half of the room has forgotten the words<br> like the man with the thousand yard stare<br> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Death is my race's core competence<br> dealing with life, we're but fair, <br> but none living today keeps sorrow at bay<br> not the man with the thousand yard stare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</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=420247" data-title="The Man with the Thousand Yard Stare de John F. McCullagh" data-description="He sits with a stoic's resistance, his son in the casket lies there. No line of a tear mars his visage- the man with the Thousand yard stare. He sits in the front row of mourners, His dear sobbing wife by his side in silence he keeps his..."></div> </div> </div>

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