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Always Remember
By: Christine Faltz Grassman(written September 11, 2008)
As we once again approach mid-September
Let us take some extra time and energy to remember:
The morning that hatred and terror flew through the air,
The ones who died, the ones who just missed being there,
The ones who tried to find those buried in debris and despair,
The ones whose civil liberties have been lost,
Whose rights of citizenship were unceremoniously tossed
Viscerally, treacherously, unpatriotically away,
Merely because of the way some dress or the way they pray.
Let us remember children, parents, and spouses,
Who feel that they reside in eerily empty houses,
Who look at pictures and remember voices,
Whose lives are now bereft of former choices,
Decisions and memories to make together,
They wonder how life ended, and wonder whether
There was any pain, how much fear, how much hope,
And some days it still seems hard to cope.
Remember the ones who are fighting and dying,
In a war brought about by persistent lying,
Who were told Hussein was helping Osama,
But it was mostly Saudis behind the trauma.
Remember seven years of the one who hit the trifecta,
Remember your rights and try to correct a
Million wrongs done in the name of our country
The scandals and corruption, various and sundry,
The waste, the pain, the hardship, the spoils,
All for different gods and our planet’s oil.
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