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 Taken from The Day the Earth Stood Still poem by Cesar Ruvalcaba:
It came without a warning,
one beautiful breezy sunny morning.
It seemed a day like any other,
no reason for anyone to bother.
Children went to school and parents to their work,
and right around the corner, no one knew what lurked.
The horror came in quick,
like a window smashed with a brick.
It spread rapidly like a disease,
causing all other activities to cease.
Everything started moving in slow motion,
while people tried to make sense of the commotion.
The wind no longer blew,
and birds no longer flew.
Except for one white bird which I did see fly,
it flew so slow I felt I could take it from the sky.
An eerie silence made its way,
announcing it was here to stay,
While four demons, flying high in the air,
sought to destroy the living and make the ground bare.
A darkness fell upon the land,
snatching helpless souls with its hand.
Above the earth it came to hover,
laying down a death blanket for all to cover.... Read More
Also In This Issue:
- VVAW Statement to the People of Vietnam by VVAW National Office
- The Struggle Continues in Fayetteville by Janet B. Curry
- From the National Office by John Zutz
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
- My View by John Zutz
- Thity Years Further Down the Pike by Horace Coleman
- NYC Vets' Statement by VVAW
- Creating a Pain in the Brass: Counter-Recruiting in Chicago by Ray Parrish
- Chalabi Oil Minister cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- Defending the Barricades: March 19 in Chicago by Barry Romo
- Lowering the Flag by Barry Romo
- Long Acronym, Short Memory by Bill Perry
- Pentagon-AbuGhraib cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- Fear and Loathing in America by Terry J. DuBose
- Jazz Funeral for Democracy by Ward Reilly
- End War, Don't Honor It by Lane Anderson
- Help Iraq Veterans Against the War by VVAW
- Second Annual Candlelight Vigil for the Dead by Ward Reilly
- Coaching Winter Track in Time of War poem by W.D. Ehrhart
- From Hawk to Dove by Paul Wisovaty (Reviewer)
- Objectivity in the Mirage: Al-Jazeera and the Struggle to Report a War by Edith Shillue (Reviewer)
- IVAW Holds First National Meetings at Fort Bragg by Ward Reilly
- Abu Ghraib Soldiers: Scapegoats for a Flawed Military by Lou Plummer
- Lynndie England cartoon by Jeff Danziger
- That War by Marc Levy
- Chicago VARO Blues by Ray Parrish
- Criminal Facilitation: Helping the Military Recruit Our Students by Ben Chitty
- Veterans Day 2004, Chicago by VVAW
- Terror and Preventive War are "American" Values by S. Brian Willson
- Historic Photos by VVAW
- Oxy the Smart Bomb by Billy X. Curmano
- The Day the Earth Stood Still poem by Cesar Ruvalcaba
- Soldiers in Our Midst by Douglas Nelson
- Five Lives Ruined by Dian Campbell
- Back Porch Blues by Bob Riggle (Reviewer)
- Dead Letter Day poem by Marc Levy
- Words From Pete poem by Paula J. Countryman
- Double-Time Duffy by Joseph Giannini
- Dead Wrong cartoon by Jeff Danziger
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