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@jimmy_dore @miserablelib @RonPlacone

This poem "Crosses in the Sand" by William from @VFPNational was handed to me last night. He then read it aloud with a flashlight in honor of #MemorialDay. #Peace

So many crosses in the sand Each marking a life stolen In twin wars that seem without end Some have names etched on the thin wooden sticks Men and women alike, for war and death make no distinction Others have names known only to the grieving Whose loss i

Every Sunday, from dawn to dusk, The crosses stretch in a neat parade To the very edge of the shore, While on the Santa Monica pier above, Viewers glance uneasily and wonder Why they must share sunbathing with a cemetery, Even a symbolic one.

In the noisy arcade beside the old boardwalk, Children play the latest war games, And with agile fingers Fire ceaselessly at on-screen targets. The higher the body count, the more points they score. Meanwhile, the real horrors of war Are safely out of sig

But the strange cemetery by the sea Tugs at the limits of vision, Demanding to be acknowledged. The crosses spread their outstretched arms Like the soldiers they plead for, Crying in silent chorus, “Remember us! Remember us!”

This is a cemetery like no other. The volunteers who lovingly embrace The memory of the dead Are veterans themselves, now Veterans for Peace. They call this sacred space Arlington West, A haunting mirror of that vast national cemetery in the east.

Walk gingerly between the ghostly tombstones. No bodies rest beneath them, But the lives they speak for Feel present in the very air.

The living and the dead Share the beach at Arlington West, That place of safety to reflect, To cry, to remember, To honor sacrifices too few of us can comprehend.

Here and there, some treasured family photos Are tacked to the simple crossed boards. Further on, at the base of a flag-draped coffin, A pair of soldier’s boots rest near and polished, Home at last from their final march.

In each row, a few crosses are topped By a Star of David or a crescent moon. All religions, all races die side by side in war, And the only line in the sand that cannot be crossed Is the red one of every soldier’s blood.

Death wears the same uniform As every soldier on earth, And rules every army as Commander-in-Chief, Whose ultimate order can deferred But never disobeyed.

Only a permanent end to war Can override that warrior with the faceless skull Who stalks the world’s battlefields With a scythe blade in one hand, And an automatic rifle in the other.

The haunted living are drawn each weekend like a magnet: The surviving veterans, sorrowful and proud, The families of fallen veterans, grieving and proud, Graying warriors with backs bent From the weight of ancient conflicts.

And students too young to fight, Whose turn will come in conflicts not yet named. Slowly another Sunday will end, And the last visitors will leave their prayers, Their mementos, and loving kisses, As night falls on a strange wooden army Of crosses in the

TX election today w/ corporate-free @justicedems who fought off establishment money, power, and vicious @DCCC attacks to advance to the runoff! And GA gets its first chance to clench victory for the people. I'll be watching closely on #RebelHeadquarters t

Tomorrow at 12pm PT, Thunderclap will blast our #GOTV message to 4M pp. You only have a few hrs left to join! Step 1 - Go to: https://t.co/BRgIKkfH2i Step 2 - Scroll down to the red buttons & click SUPPORT WITH FB, Twitter, or Tumblr. Step 3 - Nothin

#MLK's #PoorPeoplesCampaign has been revived, and for good reason. Millions of us are standing up and saying #EnoughIsEnough to wage stagnation, injustice, racism, and war. Next step: #VoteThemOut. https://t.co/D01RurRgO1 https://t.co/mHc2Rp5el0

#MLK's #PoorPeoplesCampaign has been revived, and for good reason. Millions of us are standing up and saying #EnoughIsEnough to wage stagnation, injustice, racism, and war. Next step: #VoteThemOut. https://t.co/8bbS8ZhQ2q

[VIDEO] Perhaps people in D.C. will stop talking out of both sides of their mouth when their no longer in D.C. #VoteThemOut #FreePalestine #TwoStateSolution #PeaceOverPower #PeopleOverProfit https://t.co/vVbOPJrTrK

@jimmy_dore @miserablelib @RonPlacone

This poem "Crosses in the Sand" by William from @VFPNational was handed to me last night. He then read it aloud with a flashlight in honor of #MemorialDay. #Peace

So many crosses in the sand Each marking a life stolen In twin wars that seem without end Some have names etched on the thin wooden sticks Men and women alike, for war and death make no distinction Others have names known only to the grieving Whose loss i

Every Sunday, from dawn to dusk, The crosses stretch in a neat parade To the very edge of the shore, While on the Santa Monica pier above, Viewers glance uneasily and wonder Why they must share sunbathing with a cemetery, Even a symbolic one.

In the noisy arcade beside the old boardwalk, Children play the latest war games, And with agile fingers Fire ceaselessly at on-screen targets. The higher the body count, the more points they score. Meanwhile, the real horrors of war Are safely out of sig

But the strange cemetery by the sea Tugs at the limits of vision, Demanding to be acknowledged. The crosses spread their outstretched arms Like the soldiers they plead for, Crying in silent chorus, “Remember us! Remember us!”

This is a cemetery like no other. The volunteers who lovingly embrace The memory of the dead Are veterans themselves, now Veterans for Peace. They call this sacred space Arlington West, A haunting mirror of that vast national cemetery in the east.

Walk gingerly between the ghostly tombstones. No bodies rest beneath them, But the lives they speak for Feel present in the very air.

The living and the dead Share the beach at Arlington West, That place of safety to reflect, To cry, to remember, To honor sacrifices too few of us can comprehend.

Here and there, some treasured family photos Are tacked to the simple crossed boards. Further on, at the base of a flag-draped coffin, A pair of soldier’s boots rest near and polished, Home at last from their final march.

In each row, a few crosses are topped By a Star of David or a crescent moon. All religions, all races die side by side in war, And the only line in the sand that cannot be crossed Is the red one of every soldier’s blood.

Death wears the same uniform As every soldier on earth, And rules every army as Commander-in-Chief, Whose ultimate order can deferred But never disobeyed.

Only a permanent end to war Can override that warrior with the faceless skull Who stalks the world’s battlefields With a scythe blade in one hand, And an automatic rifle in the other.

The haunted living are drawn each weekend like a magnet: The surviving veterans, sorrowful and proud, The families of fallen veterans, grieving and proud, Graying warriors with backs bent From the weight of ancient conflicts.

And students too young to fight, Whose turn will come in conflicts not yet named. Slowly another Sunday will end, And the last visitors will leave their prayers, Their mementos, and loving kisses, As night falls on a strange wooden army Of crosses in the

TX election today w/ corporate-free @justicedems who fought off establishment money, power, and vicious @DCCC attacks to advance to the runoff! And GA gets its first chance to clench victory for the people. I'll be watching closely on #RebelHeadquarters t

Tomorrow at 12pm PT, Thunderclap will blast our #GOTV message to 4M pp. You only have a few hrs left to join! Step 1 - Go to: https://t.co/BRgIKkfH2i Step 2 - Scroll down to the red buttons & click SUPPORT WITH FB, Twitter, or Tumblr. Step 3 - Nothin

#MLK's #PoorPeoplesCampaign has been revived, and for good reason. Millions of us are standing up and saying #EnoughIsEnough to wage stagnation, injustice, racism, and war. Next step: #VoteThemOut. https://t.co/D01RurRgO1 https://t.co/mHc2Rp5el0

#MLK's #PoorPeoplesCampaign has been revived, and for good reason. Millions of us are standing up and saying #EnoughIsEnough to wage stagnation, injustice, racism, and war. Next step: #VoteThemOut. https://t.co/8bbS8ZhQ2q

[VIDEO] Perhaps people in D.C. will stop talking out of both sides of their mouth when their no longer in D.C. #VoteThemOut #FreePalestine #TwoStateSolution #PeaceOverPower #PeopleOverProfit https://t.co/vVbOPJrTrK