In the Name of the Father ~ Thursday, July 9, 2026
Frustration and disappointment
Father, ashes, bones, dust, in a tin box
rest eternal in a cemetery
until my time to swim with the fishes
sardines in a tin box, when Old Stone Fox
talks of frustration and disappointment
rest assured, he was in a library
after they locked the doors, strange how wishes
turn not into kisses but shelves of books
inside, behind closed doors, a complement
of his practice, sitting meditation
not only could he not relax to read
anger grew, a seed, while on vacation
nothing to do but still his mind, to feed
dangerous criminals sly, dirty looks
distance in space and time leaves time to think
indifferent to the sorrows of childhood
suffering, each person must bear such weight
as expected by decades, we must not shrink
particularly, when we feel alone
pleasant as that may sound, it does no good
only to dwell on the past, on the hate
indeed, even though poison is a tool
no one survives old age, even a crone
to speak of my father in a tin box
maybe I am wrong to look back, answer
every question correctly, a Stone Fox
no one understands what it means to stir
to find a dead rat on this day, not cool
Father, ashes, bones, dust, in a tin box
rest eternal in a cemetery
until my time to swim with the fishes
sardines in a tin box, when Old Stone Fox
talks of frustration and disappointment
rest assured, he was in a library
after they locked the doors, strange how wishes
turn not into kisses but shelves of books
inside, behind closed doors, a complement
of his practice, sitting meditation
not only could he not relax to read
anger grew, a seed, while on vacation
nothing to do but still his mind, to feed
dangerous criminals sly, dirty looks
distance in space and time leaves time to think
indifferent to the sorrows of childhood
suffering, each person must bear such weight
as expected by decades, we must not shrink
particularly, when we feel alone
pleasant as that may sound, it does no good
only to dwell on the past, on the hate
indeed, even though poison is a tool
no one survives old age, even a crone
to speak of my father in a tin box
maybe I am wrong to look back, answer
every question correctly, a Stone Fox
no one understands what it means to stir
to find a dead rat on this day, not cool
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Walter Lusio DaCunha (1936 - 2013)
Death: Walter daCunha
9 Jul: Huntington Beach, California. WALTER LUSIO DaCUNHA. Aged 76. (Ex-Porvorim, Goa; ex-Nairobi, Kenya). Veteran of international flight logistics – with East African Airways, Air India, Tiger International, Federal Express. He leaves behind his beloved wife (of 49 years), Doris, sons Terence and Rui and two grandsons. Walter was an unobtrusive but staunch supporter of Goan initiates, causes, activities and associations, in Kenya and in Southern California. He was a member of G.O.A. from the time of his arrival here in 1976. Funeral Mass will be held at Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church, 20444 Magnolia Ave., Huntington Beach on Wednesday, 17 July, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Condolences to email
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