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Day After 'Infamy': The 8th

So this be the day after
  nineteen forty-one
    Be December the eighth, the
      nightmare has begun.
        Pearl Harbor still in blazes
          all watched the Pearl dull,
          Bodies are everywhere, some
        crawl or ... not at all.
      Some boats are okay, though they're
    mostly smaller ships,
  Large ones burning, some capsized ...
need to come to grips.


           "We are having our jobs cut
          out for us, Franklin,"
         "Do you think my namesake has
        some sort of game plan."
       "They sure dropped on us, we should
      put the drop on them."
     "Government can make something
    we can throw at 'um
   "Infamy, Frank's way over
  there, and it's just us."
 "Last I heard, all his four son's
giving dad justice."


                    "Serving somewhere ... let's holster
                       the guns." "Right, a-ha!"
                          "Don't need 'um carrying the
                             stretchers, GO!" "Oorah!"

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Silent One Date: 12/9/2023 5:39:00 AM so many disasters... so many dates to remember.. you wrote a great poem. it flows so well.. Login to Reply Hilo Poet Date: 12/9/2023 6:36:00 AM Gone is the racial stigma, wanes liken to a Memorial/Veterans Day, as it should be felt ... a quieter western front. Thanks, Silent One for your sharing visit. Aloha, William

I Am Anaya Date: 12/8/2023 4:21:00 PM Oh, William, this should be honored with potd. Be back, Aloha Anaya Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 12/9/2023 5:08:00 PM Earthquakes, volcanos. Stay safe. It'll pass.. Hilo Poet Date: 12/8/2023 6:14:00 PM Ok, well thanks for noting/commenting. Were gonna mention quakes since it began Monday with 5.1 jolt and shaky-shaky--tremors minor w/Wednesday 4.4 bump but mostly 3s, 2s, & 1s. Aloha, William

Paula Goldsmith Date: 12/8/2023 8:31:00 AM I enjoyed reading your story/write. Dec 7 is the date. Dec 8 started the long nightmare. Have a blessed day................... Login to Reply Hilo Poet Date: 12/8/2023 6:08:00 PM Oh, thanks, Paula. So far shaking no baking yet--just tremors, minor, since Monday's 5.1 rocker. Take care, my friend. Aloha, William

James Horn Date: 12/8/2023 5:40:00 AM may be fast or slow a horrible way to go on window hung a bow sons of Sullivan all of them had been brave men in heaven fee from sin allof when an anomaly Login to Reply Hilo Poet Date: 12/8/2023 6:05:00 AM Thank you, James, for an awesome share of the Sullivan Five remembered, sadly their sacrifice laid the groundwork that never again family to serve together, my friend. Aloha, William