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Photographer: Lartique. 1926
Memorial Day 2024
Except.
FLY OVER
He was born of me on an October day in Florida.
He died on an October day in Florida.
I was there for his first breath, but not his last.
His dead body was placed into a fiery furnace
wearing his Air Force uniform.
The military had been his father.
His father will be saying goodbye
but not I.