Veterans Day Part 4: Dying in Increments


Body counts in groups
Of twos, and threes, and fours, and
Pieces put together to make a whole One,
Are reported by the news with casualness
-- As informal as saying today's date:


"Three soldiers were killed in Iraq today."


"A car bomb killed two marines."


"An explosion took the lives of four Americans
in Baghdad…


…Next, in case you missed the Tonight Show,


here is what Jay Leno had to say!"



…Next, coming up, David Letterman's top ten …"



Unnoticed: One plus two plus three … add up to thousands.
Unnoticed: There are dead Americans returning from Iraq.
Unnoticed: Many of the Americans, who are loosing their lives,
are eighteen- and nineteen-year olds.


Unnoticed: Most of us never see the quiet Hearst and silent funeral
processions for them -- our Fallen Heroes.


Unnoticed: Most of us never hear the cries of the families who have
lost these love ones.


Unnoticed: We are creating a growing number of very young widows
with small children.


Unnoticed: The number of children who are losing their parents in combat
continues to grow at a steady rate.

                                              Unnoticed: There seems to be no end in sight!!!

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