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Two Poems at Two Memorials

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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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My name is William Perkins Homans the third, but probably more people know me as the bluesman (and artist) Watermelon Slim.

I've been in the fight against war, fascism, injustice and inhumanity for 47 years. I was at MayDay, 1971, (more...)
 

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