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| Mary & Nick Herbert: Nick Jr. and Tom, Columbus, Ohio 1939 |
I LOVE YOU, NICK: A NEW PROOF
That my mother and father,
each born miles apart
both sired by Slavic-speaking
That my mother and father,
each born miles apart
both sired by Slavic-speaking
Appalachian coal miners
Mom baptized Catholic
Mom baptized Catholic
in Cambridge, Ohio
Dad christened Russian Orthodox
in Jeannette, Pennsylvania
met among the steel mills of Lorain
were enamored enough to get married
were greathearted enough to bear children
were enamored enough to get married
were greathearted enough to bear children
in the depths of America's Big Depression.
That my mother saved her money
to give me piano lessons.
That my mother saved her money
to give me piano lessons.
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| Nick Herbert & Alexander de Caro |
