My people have forgotten how to mourn.
We were not permitted to see the dead
As they returned in flag-draped coffins. No.
The Defense Secretary even used
A facsimile of his signature
On notices of fallen soldiers' deaths.
We have not forgotten. We never shall.
We may not stop The War. But it must see
Us elders standing here, bearing witness.
For us, no dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. That lie won't fly.
Oh, brothers and sisters united here
We your as yet unfallen comrades pray
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