The peeps you'd bought were chirping in the box. br The groundhog lied again. You'd left to buy br beer, bread and chipped ham. It was Easter Sunday. br Bells from a dozen churches filled the air br in this small steel town where the unemployed br perpetually keep beer gardens open. br You'd yelled: 'Yunz better worsh them dishes br and redd up things before yunz go outside.' br You said you'd had enough of eating jumbo br and food stamps didn't make a difference. br We didn't know you'd go by way of Altoona, br that you'd go ghost on mommy and us kids. br You left behind a bloodstain in your truck, br the lasting memory of onion snow.