QUOTE : Memorial Day Sonnet<br /><br />We don't want your celebration,<br />We don't want you to honor us.<br />All we want is for you to grow up,<br />And end all tribalism that kills us.<br />A thousand holidays can't bring us back,<br />Nor can they wipe the tears of our spouses.<br />How will you console our children,<br />How will you comfort our broken parents!<br />Enough with your flowers and rituals,<br />Enough with your crocodile care!<br />If you have an iota of humanity,<br />Step up and make all divides disappear.<br />Yet if you still want to live life as tribal,<br />Rest assured we'll give ours with a smile.