Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 385

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgement.

image and poem below the fold

A Light Says Why
by Karen Volkman

A light says why. From all the poor prying. Again we attain a more

regal posture–small bird accompanying slips between our whim.

Where will we flicker, loose as two feathers from a wren’s back? Gone,

do not brood for all the hands that miss you. They hardly hold. Don’t

wait, one who thought a dark eye could save you, like night with its black

paws curled and gone to sleep. There are only two names to remember,

Loss and Pleasure, crossed in this field like no man’s borrowed light. Call

the far-sighted foxes to the launching. Call the small deer scattered in

the back brush, swift as flit. Contingency has arms and hands and wasted

faces. And a body, shrunk and scurvy, built to burn.

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4 Comments

RubDMC on September 3, 2006 at 5:40 pm

The candle that DianeL first lit many months ago, and which has become such an important part of these diaries since, is still available here.

You can copy that image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), craft your own image, and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment – as a sign that you know, but do not approve, and are not resigned.

“It is like trying to ignite – to pass on the responsibilities as much as possible to everyone else.” – Ravi Shankar

dada on September 3, 2006 at 5:52 pm

ask on September 3, 2006 at 5:57 pm

Democrats see support for anti-Rumsfeld vote

jimstaro on September 3, 2006 at 6:15 pm

Light A Candle For
Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
and For The Children – Innocence Lost,
And The Perpetual Conflict Future We Have Given Them!

Just one of Iraq’s one thousand nine-elevens

by Malcom Lagauche

Soon, we will be seeing and reading about the fifth anniversary of 9-11 in the U.S. The event’s five-year mark will regenerate the vile passions in the U.S. public to avenge the downing of the World Trade Center buildings. Islamamaphobia will become more rampant (…) Since August 2, 1990, the U.S. has killed almost three million Iraqis. The first Gulf War, the encompassing embargo and the current fiasco combine for between 2.5 million and three million deaths. In other wor! ds, Iraq has suffered ONE THOUSAND nine-elevens. That’s right, one thousand. If Ms. King had watched the news over this time, she would have seen incinerated babies dragged from bomb shelters. She would have seen Iraqi cities imbedded in filth because the U.S. would not allow the Iraqis to import chlorine to purify the water system. And, the U.S. bragged about this when Schwarzkopf took to the microphone shortly after the Gulf War hostilities began and stated, “We’ve knocked out their drinking water. Soon, they will begin to acquire diarrhea and malnutrition.” All the time, he was smiling when he forecast the dismal future for Iraq…

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This is the POW/MIA Bracelet I’ve worn, with very few times of removal, for some 25yrs. now on my right wrist:

CDR. Austins remains have never been found, at least to my knowledge, as I check occasionally!