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Lamentations In Blue
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Lamentations In Blue
You lie there like unleavened bread
A vestige of quaint repose
Pall box lined with a satin thread
Dapper in tailor-made clothes
An errant mind begs fulfillment
Though fruitless in its echo
Be thy fate rise from an ailment
Rest kindly for me, 'twas so
A shot rang out, whereto, you fell
Report states an err was made
Cleanly went through one bullet shell
For a man in blue hath paid
In a row, a graveside salute
Folded flag is presented
Brothers all from his police troop
My real bro., I lamented.
2019 May 26
*1st Place*
ALL YOURS (Jun 15)
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2021 June 15
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