I tried to read his favorite
poem at my son his fun
his fune read at his funeralhe’d you see died there was
a motorcycle a sunny black motorcycle
and red the blood his head was
red on one side and the asphalt
was black and hot and sundown red
at my son his funeral
and the yellow helicopter and the helpers
fred said fred rogers said the helpers
fred mcfeely rogers saidlook you can be sad or you can
look at all the helpers oh
mister rogers help me the read the
Sun Black
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Bruce Dethlefsen was the Wisconsin Poet Laureate from 2010-2012. A retired educator and public library director living in Westfield, Dethlefsen began his two-year term as Wisconsin Poet Laureate at the beginning of 2011.
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