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The Holocaust

Though the speaker's grandmother never discusses this, she survived this while her siblings did not. This experience represents inherited pain and suffering.

Heart Disease

The speaker's family lives with a fear of dying from this, though they never speak of it. This is one of the many things the speaker's family cannot bring themselves to discuss as the fear of death or losing another family member to death is too sorrowful.

Weeds

The speaker's father has a dream of these in which they symbolize heart disease. In his dream, the speaker's father is constantly pulling these from his chest, symbolizing his stress of during from heart disease and constant work to protect himself.

Symbols

The speaker uses these to represent words or intentions.

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