...................................KILLED in IRAQ
....................................(Oct.11,2008)

.............................I mowed the lawn today
......................................row after row
.......................white crosses white crosses
................................around the flag pole
....................................wet with sweat
...........................................4181................................
....................dead.....................soldiers in Iraq
....................blasted into cold silent nightness

....................black boxes..............black boxes
.....................weeping in red, white, and blue
...............in memoriam - resting in peace (R.I.P.)
....................................wet with tears
............the grass is growing more sweat and tears

Published online by Poets Against War. see www.poetsagainstthewar.org

Ben Gieske

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