Holiday To Grill the Hot Dogs
End of May has come again
Thinking about pushing the button to send
Containing a message stating destruction
But we know how to rebuild with construction
Before summer’s relaxing heat
Let US ponder who we beat
They nicknamed US super powers
Not adolescent immature cowards
As they plant poppy seed flowers
Watching US develop sky scraper towers
Haunting military ghosts lurk around
In a patriotic town
Advising invisible thoughts
To fellow living comrades who also fought
Names on the wall are inscribed
Remembering soldiers who lost when they tried
Belongings sent back home
After dying alone
Service to their homeland was the rhetoric tone
A triangle flag seems to be the tribute
Responding to action following the order to shoot
Strategized in a room filled with uniforms and business suits
There are sounds from a flute
Hearing it the power players clap saying “that is cute”
A symbolic artistic way
Reminding them that there are other ways
To handle the method of making them pay
Mismanagement is never spoken as an issue
Despite families mourn using tissues
Horns play taps
For those who fell into deadly traps
As for the professional white collar
Focused on the bottom line and dollar
Reports headline Memorial Day 2020
Maturing adults depositing trust in God written on their money
Trading currency makes cents
Especially when weighing the Pounds with the Pences
Standing tall proclaiming no tears here
Spending time talking and spreading cheer
Can be the way to take this break
To honor what is at stake
Due to those who have the need to be a fake
While others go to another wake
Storming the beaches in June
Resting in peace inside bunkers and dunes
Is very rude
Unless you want a suntan and swim in an ocean to stay cool
Copyright © Marc O'Brien | Year Posted 2020
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