In memory
of those
who died
in the name
of our
freedom,
we pause
for their
cause,
US.
May
their
memory
be
for a
blessing-
not messing
around
to the sound
of patriotism.
Now,
war hawks
are in peace
talks
with Iran,
and this
administration
is desperate
for this
to end
well
after it fell
into the trap
of trying
to sell
a war
of his own
making.
Faking
progress
in this mess
is,
by now,
expected.
Remember
how
he directed
that bleach
injected
would cure
those affected
by COVID?
I’m not sure
who said
he puts
the ID
in idiot,
but the
shoe
does fit.
So
I have no
expectation
of consolation
on this
sad
Memorial Day.
He’ll lay
a wreath
in Arlington
Cemetery
as is
customary,
while
the rest
of the country
mourns
the loss
of each
daughter
and son,
and no one
in particular,
just the vast
number
who have
died
for the legacy
of American
democracy,
that now feels
like almost
a memory.
Mourning
in America
turns
the sunny
phrase
dark,
in stark
contrast
to days
of strength.
The length
of this aberration,
a scourge
on our nation,
long
beyond
sensation,
will someday
be a bad
memory.
When will
Memorial
Day
be
only
for the past,
not a forecast?
I hope
that at
last
the Strait
of Hormuz
opens
and continues
to be
a conduit
and we
don’t forget
how we got
in this situation.
Memorial Day
should remind
us
that the wars
behind us
are warnings
not just
of mournings
but of what
all those
young people
died for.
