Both my parents have passed away
Their parents and their siblings
All the way back till the blood gets lost
I can trace the proliferating branches
Ranged above me out of sight
As if I were the trunk from which
They'd sprung and not another falling leaf
But this Christmas we all got together
I was just sitting there when
Suddenly they all surrounded me
Circle upon circle rippling out
So many surprised recognitions
Until we filled the world and more
With not a single soul left out
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