At Sandy Hook
Chase! Grace!
Charlotte, Daniel,
Rachel, Dylan, Oh . . .
Chase, Grace . . .
Anne y Ana,
Avielle et Madeleine.
And Caroline too?
Chase Grace
Allison, Olivia,
Lauren, Emilie,
Josephine,
Catherine,
And their shepherdess Mary.
For us, please,
Find Grace, for she is It.
Jesse, Jack, Jessica and Noah,
James u-Benjamin:
Two by two come you, not in single file.
Let us hold hands, resting,
Having Found Grace.
And for us, too, someday:
Dawn necnon
Our Victoria
Beautiful.
Holding back tears.