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On Palm Sunday

Posted on March 19, 2016 by toritto

Soldiers resting under the palm trees in Iraq, near the town of Karmah. (Photo from Michael J. Totten’s foreign correspondence blog) The children shout We’re here! We’re here! See their first palm at Florida’s border. Bodies relaxing under palm trees; the cooling … Continue reading →

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Duty Called

Posted on December 11, 2015 by toritto

Soldier sitting by the door riding the bus in ’64 just two and twenty he was then going away ’till god knows when riding a bus through Massachusetts as the snow began to fall the bus pulled in to a … Continue reading →

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Picasso in Kandahar

Posted on May 20, 2015 by toritto

A Picasso face with one eye a piece of nose a dented skull distorted melted cubism done in red black and blue one hand one and a half limbs. A rearranged montage of her soldier son. His mother turned away … Continue reading →

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On Palm

Posted on March 22, 2015 by toritto

The walls of Jerusalem The children shout We’re here! We’re here! See their first palm at Florida’s border. Bodies relaxing under palm trees cooling breezes Bora-Bora There are tall palms standing outside Baghdad giving shade to weak and weary drawing … Continue reading →

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