we love homecomings
even more than we hated
to send you away.

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to the bug I crushed:
it was nothing personal,
just a cruel reflex.

photo: the flat character

anniversary
no one celebrates, except
the true believers.

the things we accept,
those we defend without shame,
reveal who we are.

Reagan paraphrased:
is Iraq better off now
than five years ago?