CaFleureBon Salutes Patriots Day 2011: Ode to “DA” by Mary Beth Devine
Da wears no scent. Never did.
Just an aura of tobacco smoke and Gillette Foamy sometimes tear gas or cordite. A patriot wants, above all, peace.
Patriots are away from home a lot. They miss birthdays, broken bones, measles, and tonsils. He told me in a letter that somewhere in Russia another little girl’s father was doing the same thing for the same reason.