Veteran’s Day at the Wall

Seven Hundred Twenty-two miles

Ten

hours traveled

back

Forty-three years

just

to read Thirty names on

thin

paper Three had

died

Fifteen minutes apart

Two

minutes to say

all

Thirty including those

Three

names he drinks to

forget.

 


Lori Widmer is a veteran writer and editor whose articles have appeared in numerous trade and consumer magazines. She lives in the Valley Forge area and blogs regularly at www.poetunderconstruction.com and www.wordsonpageblog.com.