Lest We Forget

For all the ones who did not come back, for all the ones who came back and carried on and especially for all the ones who came back and could not carry on.


Now I lay me down to sleep...
eyes closed tight
squeezed shut,
trying not to see what he saw.
Screaming, blasting,
limbs exploding.
Macabre visions
hour by hour.

"Ok Officer, I'm moving"

Have Mercy


I pray the Lord my soul...
my soul
Can't remember.......oh yes,
he fought a battle for something.
Someone's freedom.
Can't recall whose.
Certainly not his.
He is not free.

"Hey Mister, can you spare a dollar?'
My soul to keep.

Have Mercy


If I should die before I wake........
How can you wake when you never sleep.
Truly sleep.
All day all night from bench to alley to underpass.
Soup Kitchen closes at 9.

"Dammit! Someone took my cardboard"

Have Mercy


I pray the Lord, something........
I pray the Lord to take something.
It's raining
Wheres my gun? Wheres my unit?

"Hey, get off that bench. Thats my bench".

Atten-hun!

"Sir, Yes Sir!"

Got to get to my underpass.
My soul to take.
Soup Kitchen closed today.

Have Mercy