Memorial Day 2006

for my parents

All of the dead, some in uniform, parents, old, children too young.

Holes in families, empty houses. Shadows on people. A name in rock.

A person remembers someone. A town, a life.

Countries give speeches. Speeches about speeches.

Speeches about people. Too far away to know.

And I can't tell you. You had to see them. 

In their towns. 

Both sides.