I have forgotten the name
of the boy who drowned
crossing the frozen lake,
ice breaking under him,
giving all the children
a free day from school.
I learned about him when
I was about ten, a pupil in that same
school, almost a century late,
when its one-hundred anniversary
was celebrated, old papers
brought out to be gazed.
And while I quickly forgot his name,
even when his relatives surely
sat with me in classes,
I still remember that
all the children got
a free day from school.
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