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| Fog leads to cancellation of Milwaukee lakefront air show Saturday --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, June 21, 2014 |
If only it were that easy
to stop a real bombing raid
mothers all over the world
would pray for bad weather
everyday
to spare their homes
their homelands
their children.
But here on Milwaukee’s lakefront
the spectacle is rescheduled for tomorrow.
This roaring assault on eardrums
and sensibilities is nothing
compared to the price paid by others
for the live ammo show
rain or shine.
Here, parents bring the kids
wave flags
eat ice cream.
Ed Werstein, Milwaukee, Wisconsin spent 22 years in manufacturing and union activity before his muse awoke and dragged herself out of bed. He advocates for peace and against corporate power. A member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, his poetry has appeared in Verse Wisconsin, Blue Collar Review, Mobius: Journal of Social Change, Stoneboat. His first chapbook Who Are We Then? was published in 2013 by Partisan Press.