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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Military · #2204904
A Veterans Day poem
The sound of taps reverberates
through gardens of stone
drifting--
like the morning mist--
among monuments on the National Mall.

The sound of taps echo
the tears
if those who survived,
of those
who feel their pulse quicken
when they gaze
upon warriors' graves.

Poet's Note: ▼

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