MY POEM FOR THE WEEK: PLEASE READ!
Pentagon Orders Dead Officers To Report For Duty
The U.S. said Friday it would apologize to the families of about
75 officers killed in action who were mistakenly sent letters
urging them to return to active duty (1/5/2007 AP)
WILL THE DEAD PLEASE RISE, by Dorianne Laux
Will the dead please rise and raise
your right hands. Will the dead please
swear to uphold that hand for as long
as it takes. Will the dead please
reassemble your bones, replace
your heads, return your hearts, recant
your screams. Will the dead please
salute the flag ripped from the obdy
politic. Will the dead please step
onto the helicopters and into the bodies
of soldiers about to become you. Give
the living your history, your wisdom,
your sleepless eternities, your missteps
only they can make right, remind them
nightly to go on living. Will the dead
please buckle up and bring them home.
With my dear Friend Emilie in San Francisco!
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