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"You Left Us, Mo." |
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left us, Mo; you left us. You left a hole in our hearts,
a question on our lips, 'What now?' Where do we look,
where do we find another Mo? Another man to stand so
tall, for all--the weak, the small. Where do we find
another friend of the mountains, of the plains, the
water, the great sky blue of the dessert, too? Where do
we look, where do we find that kind of man? You left us,
Mo; you left us. With memories warm, forlorn without the
laugh, the laugh that gave us pause to look inside our
foolish pride and guide our eyes that we not hide the
truth--the truth, to look for love, above all else, in
every man. Throughout this land, throughout our lives,
that we might follow the path he made. The path of Mo,
that must not fade. You left us, Mo; you left your past
so straight, so fine, that we might find a better way to
live and look for love above all else. You left us, Mo,
dear Mo. You left us so much--so very, very much." |
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Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12,
1998), better known as Mo, was an American politician
who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from
May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991. A former professional
basketball player with the old National Basketball
League Denver Nuggets, noted for his liberal views, Mo
Udall was a tall, Lincolnesque figure with a
self-deprecating wit and easy manner. Mr. Udall and
Cliff Robertson's relationship went back twenty-five
years during Udall’s campaign for the 1976 democratic
presidential nomination. This poem was read at his memorial
service on January 16, 1999. |
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