[Newspoetry] Re: Newspoetry Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4

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DESTINATION DOVER

ANOTHER LATE NIGHT 'FREEDOM BIRD' FLIGHT.
DOVER, DELAWARE, FLIGHTS NO LONGER RARE,
AS MORE FLIGHTS THEY ADD FROM BAGHDAD.
FULL C-17'S ARE MORE ROUTINE.
SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, AND MARINES FULFILLING THEIR DREAMS.
BEEN GONE TOO LONG, NOW THEY ARE BACK HOME.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AWAIT AS THEIR LONG JOURNEY ENDS.
AS WITH MOST NIGHTS WITH NO CAMERA LIGHTS.
FAMILY AND MEDIA ARE NOT PERMITTED BUT OMITTED.
SLOWLY DOWN THE TAXIWAY WITH THE SAME DISPLAY.
THIS LAST MILITARY GROUP FORMATION FOR THEIR DEDICATION.
FLAGS BLOW GENTLY IN THE NIGHT BREEZE FOR THE RETURNEES.
COMING TO A STOP, THE REAR RAMP SLOWLY STARTS TO DROP.
THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL STARTS TO SWELL.
AWAITING HANDS QUIETLY SQUEEZE AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS A FEW DEGREES.
NO YOUNG SONS SALUTE THEIR DAD WITH A FEW WORDS TO ADD.
IN THE NIGHT AIR CHILLED, FOR EACH HIS DUTY WAS FINALLY FULFILLED.
SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FOR EACH FROM THIS LOCATION.
NO MEDIA, NO CAMERAS, NO FAMILY, OR SECRETATIVE NIGHT CAN HIDE THIS MORE 
FREQUENT RITE.
NO MASKING IT AS THEY QUIETLY UNLOAD EACH MILITARY CASKET!

FOR U.S.A.F. PORT MORTUARY AT DOVER A.F.B., DELAWARE, AND ALL THOSE
SACRIFICING FOR THESE 'DOVER DREAMS'.
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