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Making Angie Cry – August,1945 – from the Archive
Toritto – 1945 Everyone was so happy that day, I didn’t know why they were happy, but I was happy too. I rode on daddy’s shoulders down 13th avenue, passed the Endicott theater, the waving at the happy people kissing … Continue reading
Posted in family, history
Tagged 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, celebrations, dad, fat tony, gold star mother, loss, sorrow, VJ Day, WWII
5 Comments
Metal Storm
For upcoming Memorial Day – second in a series of Toritto’s war poetry Summer sun reflected off a wheel chair holding half the soldier he used to be in half the body he used to have the dent above his left … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged care taker, casualties of war, forgotten vets, futility of war, loss, memorial day, poetry, shrapnel, soccer, sorrow, traumatic brain injury, war poetry, wheelchair
2 Comments
Quo Vadis?
Therefore we commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust And his tears fell like the rain as he embraced his wife and younger son touching his lips to the casket of his … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged bible church, closet, coming out, gay?, intolerance, loss, poetry, sorrow, suicide. teen gay suicide
2 Comments
Making Angie Cry – For V.J. Day
Everyone was so happy that day, I didn’t know why they were happy but I was happy too. I rode on daddy’s shoulders down 13th avenue, passed the Endicott theater, the waving and happy people kissing in the street. Grandma … Continue reading
Posted in family, history
Tagged 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, celebrations, dad, fat tony, gold star mother, loss, sorrow, VJ Day, WWII
24 Comments
Metal Storm
Summer sun reflected off a wheel chair holding half the soldier he used to be in half the body he used to have the dent above his left ear now hidden in his hair. His mother buys a popsicle and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged care taker, casualties of war, forgotten vets, futility of war, loss, poetry, shrapnel, soccer, sorrow, traumatic brain injury, veterans' day, war, wheelchair
6 Comments
Quo Vadis?
Therefore we commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust And his tears fell like the rain as he embraced his wife and younger son touching his lips to the casket of his … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged bible church, closet, coming out, gay?, intolerance, loss, poetry, sorrow, suicide. teen gay suicide
2 Comments
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