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Nicholas Bulka
1920-2019
Death poem by Moriya Sen’an
我死なば
酒屋の瓶の下にいけよ
もしや雫の
もりやせんなん
Ware shinaba
sakaya no kame no
shita ni ikeyo
moshi ya shizuku no
mori ya sen nan
Bury me when I die
beneath a wine barrel
in a tavern.
With luck
the cask will leak
Nicholas 'Nick' Bulka
- Born January 21, 1920 in Bayonne, NJ, 11th of 12 children
- Married 75 years to Mary
- Left us on February 5, 2019 in Columbia, MD
- He was 99 years old
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