tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post7711214416678524144..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: 1,000,000 Iraqi deathsjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-63751221830634122282007-12-06T08:05:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:05:00.000-08:00THE RETURN OF AN IMAGEThe little boy upon the road...THE RETURN OF AN IMAGE<BR/><BR/>The little boy upon the road,<BR/>His head bashed in the cobble,<BR/>Remains an image, and a goad<BR/>That it is worth the trouble<BR/><BR/>To strive against all forms of war--<BR/>My brethren did excite them<BR/>To rapturous folly, while the whore<BR/>May not so well requite them.<BR/><BR/>So she has urged them on to fight:<BR/>Today, as calcified<BR/>The soul is witness, but new light<BR/>Remembers what has died.<BR/><BR/>Now, nevermore will I forget<BR/>That sight that I have seen,<BR/>Macabre, red, and oozing yet<BR/>The bursting brains between.<BR/><BR/>It was engaged a kind of lark<BR/>As adventitious sold us,<BR/>But when the night has gotten dark<BR/>My memories but hold thus.<BR/><BR/>Sweet precious joy, the tarnished dream<BR/>Revokes, and I this load<BR/>Carry, as traipsing by my team<BR/>The dead child on the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-60721329803136626292007-08-09T21:33:00.000-07:002007-08-09T21:33:00.000-07:00I have to agree with you. Ms Pelosi is a disappoi...I have to agree with you. Ms Pelosi is a disappointment. But I'm at the point of total disillusionment with our government. And from what I've seen, 2008 isn't going to bring much, if any improvement.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.com