This poem was sent to me by my cousin Hewitt Madigan's girlfriend Hazel. Hewitt wrote this poem for a friend a week after his friend's brother died. Hewitt died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. His mother, Judy Madigan, died of colon cancer in 1983. His brother Joel had a colonoscopy after we informed him of the genetic connection. Joel had a partial colectomy due to a cancerous polyp in his colon.
Hewitt Madigan, 1957 - 2006
make up a day minute by minute
tell me who was and who wasn't in it
was the morning a long one
the afternoon hot
were the fields there pretty
were you happy or not?
make up a week, day by day
tell me who came and who went away
did it seem to go fast
did it seem to go slow
was it during the summer
or deep in the snow?
make up a life time, the minutes, the days
remember the laughter in all of its ways
make up a lifetime, the months and the years
let me always be with you through the laughter and tears.
to jeff
from hewitt
6/16/78
Hewitt Madigan, 1957 - 2006
make up a day minute by minute
tell me who was and who wasn't in it
was the morning a long one
the afternoon hot
were the fields there pretty
were you happy or not?
make up a week, day by day
tell me who came and who went away
did it seem to go fast
did it seem to go slow
was it during the summer
or deep in the snow?
make up a life time, the minutes, the days
remember the laughter in all of its ways
make up a lifetime, the months and the years
let me always be with you through the laughter and tears.
to jeff
from hewitt
6/16/78
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