In Memorium, a thread.
On this Memorial Day, I remember a nation at war with itself
issuing a clarion call to men, 3/5ths of human in your eyes, and were enlisted and enticed with freedoms promised but then ultimately denied.
On this Memorial Day, I remember a nation at war with itself
issuing a clarion call to men, 3/5ths of human in your eyes, and were enlisted and enticed with freedoms promised but then ultimately denied.
Then with the world at war, not once but twice, we cried, “At last, this will be the open door we’ll use to stride into democracy’s embrace!”
Then coming home we had our hopes and faces smashed; returning soldiers beaten without mercy, their transgression—wearing of the uniform and having the audacity of patriotic pride.
In Viet Nam, conscripted by the hoards we were the fodder fed the war machine, while privileged sons were classified 4F, with bone spurs and a host of other ailments and excuses.
And while the Asian jungle burned so too did city streets back home, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, where protests raged for Civil Rights. Equality, and justice being once again denied in favor of more human rights abuses.
And while the Asian jungle burned so too did city streets back home, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, where protests raged for Civil Rights. Equality, and justice being once again denied in favor of more human rights abuses.
Memorial Day, an observance to honor those who gave the full measure of their lives in service to their country, initiated by Black veterans whose fate it seems is always to love and serve a nation which neither serves nor loves them back.
Memorial Day, an observance to honor those who gave the full measure of their lives in service to their country, initiated by Black veterans whose fate it seems is always to love and serve a nation which neither serves nor loves them back.
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