The Military Band
I used to run to curbside,
Whenever I heard the beat.
Of a military band, flag unfurled,
Marching up the street.
We’d stand at attention, the crowd and I,
Right hand held over my heart.
With the bands siren song,
Urging us to follow along.
Willing to do our part,
Come fight for your country,
The chicken hawks cried.
Enticing our young men,
We give you our pledge.
When this war is over,
We’ll never have to fight again.
World War II will be the war to end all wars,
The politicians said.
When this war is over,
Only peace lies ahead.
Police actions followed,
At a feverish pitch.
While our militarized, industrial nation,
Made its leaders rich.
The president says forget the sick,
And the hungry, young, and old.
While he borrows money from foreign countries,
To satisfy his goals.
I cannot disrespect our flag,
What more can I say.
But when I hear a band, flag unfurled, approaching,
I turn and walk away.
Bear
Retired World Traveler
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- I was 79 years old the 11th of March, 2008. At the present time I am home bound due to leg problems caused by my diabetes. I'm alumni of San Jacinto College in Texas. I started my travels with a hitch in the navy at the age of 17. I am a veteran of World War II, where I spent time in Shanghi and Tsing Tao. I followed construction as a pipe fitter all over the US and later to Isfahan, Iran with my second and current wife, son and daughter. Our travels to Turkey, Italy, Spain, England, Mexico and Canada. I started as a an apprenticed and worked up to assistant Superintendent. I taught industrial blueprint reading and math, pipe fitting and pipe bending at college level. My wife and I have been married 46 years. I have 4 children, 9 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. In 2007, I started to write poetry, my current interest is political poetry, some very serious and some with a little sarchastic bent. Through the years I have found humor and sarchasm in particular to be a great ice breaker when meeting new people.
1 comment:
My greatest fear is that the American public has become so brainwashed that they might vote the radical right wing Republicans back in, despite the damage they have inflicted on our country and the world. There is a good reason the rest of the world wants to see Barack Obama get elected, we can't have a continuation of the Bush Doctrin.
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