<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><strong style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", "sans serif"; font-size: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Solemn Silent Soldiers Rest</strong><div dir="ltr"><div><div>by Roy Peterson</div><div><br></div><div>Solemn, silent soldiers rest</div><div>Beneath the green earth’s sheltering breast.</div><div>The bodies that were once in pain</div><div>Became the ghost Corps of the slain.</div><div><br></div><div>Mothers and fathers teary-eyed</div><div>Remember the son or daughter who died.</div><div>They pray and stand beside the grave</div><div>Lamenting the sacrifice they gave.</div><div><br></div><div>Cemeteries across our land</div><div>Awaken to a marching band.</div><div>Salutes and speeches for the dead</div><div>Recounting glories of blood they shed.</div><div><br></div><div>Attention to the duty call</div><div>Taps is played for one and all.</div><div>Images dressed in spectral grey</div><div>Return again Memorial Day.</div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>