Comments on: wake up http://sticksoffire.com/2005/11/10/wake-up/ A very loose interpretation of the news and happenings in and around Tampa Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:02:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Meredith http://sticksoffire.com/2005/11/10/wake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Meredith Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:16:35 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/?p=443#comment-1272 from Bob Silverberg Veterans for Peace, Cape Cod Chapter Numbers Two thousand - and more - How many parents - Do we multiply by two ? -And grandparents - times four ? Add brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles - And the children - times how many ? I counted the flags - Flags we'd display on Veterans Day. One flag for each fatality. Did we have enough ? One hundred - Five hundred - Fifteen hundred - Each one a death - Each one a family tragedy. Times 2, times 4, ...times how many ? We had only 1700 flags. Enough last Memorial Day. Enough no longer... I phoned to order more. "How many more do you need?" "I don't know exactly," I answered. "Well," the clerk said, "You should order enough." How many is enough? When will it be enough? Numbers from Bob Silverberg
Veterans for Peace, Cape Cod Chapter

Numbers
Two thousand – and more –
How many parents – Do we multiply by two ?
-And grandparents – times four ?
Add brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles –
And the children – times how many ?
I counted the flags -
Flags we’d display on Veterans Day.
One flag for each fatality.
Did we have enough ?
One hundred –
Five hundred -
Fifteen hundred –
Each one a death –
Each one a family tragedy.
Times 2, times 4, …times how many ?
We had only 1700 flags.
Enough last Memorial Day.
Enough no longer…
I phoned to order more.
“How many more do you need?”
“I don’t know exactly,” I answered.
“Well,” the clerk said, “You should order enough.”
How many is enough?
When will it be enough?
Numbers

]]> By: kate http://sticksoffire.com/2005/11/10/wake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 kate Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:52:12 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/?p=443#comment-1261 It's so nice to get a pleasant response instead of the usual eye-rolling. People really do value their sleepy time and don't want me sending guilt vibes their way. :-) It’s so nice to get a pleasant response instead of the usual eye-rolling. People really do value their sleepy time and don’t want me sending guilt vibes their way. :-)

]]> By: r* http://sticksoffire.com/2005/11/10/wake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 r* Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:54:32 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/?p=443#comment-1260 You are so right! Gosh, it makes me happy when people think that way! I spent MLK weekend in ATL, just by coincidence. When we realized, we drove around the block he was born on - the house is gone - and chit-chatted with locals doing a tree-planting project. It was quite heart-warming. For Halloween, we watched a documentary about Catholicism and exorcism (everybody forgets about Halloween really being the precursor to All Saints, don't they?), and then toured the local cemetary, rumored to be next to Indian burial grounds. This post makes me very, very smiley! What a great attitude you have! You are so right! Gosh, it makes me happy when people think that way!

I spent MLK weekend in ATL, just by coincidence. When we realized, we drove around the block he was born on – the house is gone – and chit-chatted with locals doing a tree-planting project. It was quite heart-warming.

For Halloween, we watched a documentary about Catholicism and exorcism (everybody forgets about Halloween really being the precursor to All Saints, don’t they?), and then toured the local cemetary, rumored to be next to Indian burial grounds.

This post makes me very, very smiley! What a great attitude you have!

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