February: Year-day 57

                                        
                                        
February: Year-day 57

Those who die in battle I long will honour.
Under the cedars, I will honour them.
Under the palm trees, I will honour them.
Those who die in battle I long will honour.

Those impaired by battle I long will honour.
Upon the sidewalks, I will honour them.
Upon the highways, I will honour them.
Those impaired by battle I long will honour.

It matters not/ that I label them fools,
that war to me means someone lost his heart,
that pools of blood are never more than pools
when hearts could have ensured they did not start;
they too required courage who honored rules
made from the first to tear people apart.

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