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we knew the Marlin kids in '71
at the house across the street–
Danny, Angela and
the youngest–
i cannot fathom for the life
of me his name
i played almost daily with that boy
until one evening he showed me
Danny's military photo to explain
why he had been away so long
a week later daddy told me not
to go to his house anymore
i am unable to visualize
his kindergarten face
even to—day,
only a memory of the photo
of a brother who vanished
forever, later taking with
him everybody else
whenever i think
of it now,
i feel like i am keeping a
space for his lost image
in my private album
like someone's name on
the Black Wall—
the name of a conscript
in a crusade made up
mostly of children...
s jones
June 2021
.
Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 at 6:20 AM UTC
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we knew the Marlin kids in '71
at the house across the street–
Danny, Angela and
the youngest–
i cannot fathom for the life
of me his name
i played almost daily with that boy
until one evening he showed me
Danny's military photo to explain
why he had been away so long
a week later daddy told me not
to go to his house anymore
i am unable to visualize
his kindergarten face
even to—day,
only a memory of the photo
of a brother who vanished
forever, later taking with
him everybody else
whenever i think
of it now,
i feel like i am keeping a
space for his lost image
in my private album
like someone's name on
the Black Wall—
the name of a conscript
in a crusade made up
mostly of children...
s jones
June 2021
.
