Some have left no memory.
And disappeared as if they had not existed.
We may leave no trace , never leave our territory.
We appear among the unlisted.

They are now as if they had never been.
And so to their children after them.
They do not now see nor are they seen.
We ask ourselves , are we like them.

But here is a list of generous men.
Whose good works have not been forgotten.
They will be seen again.
And we too pray we will remain begotten.

But for all there is some kind of inheritance.
And even some feeling of sense.

……….

They the disappeared
They can leave no memory .
And then what of us

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See Ecclesiasticus 44: 1, 9-13