Maurice began in nineteen ninety four,
Made, give or take, before the end of time.
Around T-minus eighteen years, before
The pill for death, his parents died, a prime
Example of the glitch the pill was built
To solve. His mom went first, a victim of
Exhaustion; symptoms ranged from work to guilt.
Dad went next, as guessed. They were both in love
With someone else, but also with the dunes
Near San Diego; they lived back when there
Were dunes. The two would spend their afternoons
Four-wheeling -- twenty years in all. Now they're
Alive, and scan the ceaseless redwoods day
And night; Maurice remembers them this way.
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