On May 4, 2025, at 9:29 AM, Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote:

From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED Arlington Midwest at Kent State, May 4, 2006 Looking down from the black marble memorial Grave reminder Of a nonfiction nightmare In an Ohio theater of war I'm halfway between Blanket Hill and the Valley of Death of May 4, 1970 My observation post above a field  Today dressed up as thousands of war crimes. The semi-shade of the black oak branches And their celadon new leaves Wreaths the distant, orderly rows Of white petals Fallen from the Tree of Life. Tears water decades of cascading whitewash, in a flood That gushes from the places where crimes against humanity are plotted. From a distance, it's a palette worthy of Manet, Choreographed by Rumsfeld. These petals will produce no fruit Nor beauty or poetry Their leaves are pages from the guest registers Of three thousand funeral homes. Silently we listen For some hopeful spring noise That their blood might have nurtured, Answered by silence.           -   Terry Lodge, May 4, 2006 Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition Post to: Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition ( peacelist@PROTECTED )  Manage Your Subscription  Unsubscribe