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 name.
Countries give speeches. Speeches about words,
Speeches about people too far away to know.

And I can't tell you. You had to see them. In their towns. Both sides.