Wednesday, November 12, 2014

a forgotten war

So long ago, long ago
the long aged metal, crafted,
the green skin of the statue
in the nearby park,
the statute under the snow,
was a man in faraway lands,
living flesh of our nation’s best
frozen in time, that forgotten war,
fading from our memory

He had been sent into harm’s way
fighting in San Juan, in Manila,
forgotten fields of a little war
when his skin was supple
frozen in the park
here so we would remember
their sacrifice, our freedom
the fruit of that war
forgotten long ago


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edited/new November 12, 2014
A forgotten war

edited November 11, 2014
A Frozen Soldier – v3
edited May 25, 2014
A Frozen Soldier – v2
January 5, 2007 22:30
A Frozen Soldier
Bronstein Park, Manchester, NH
Spanish American War statue

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