Sunday, May 7, 2017

"Centenial"


"The basis for optimism is sheer terror." — Oscar Wilde

Below most of the trees along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn are these small copper plaques. Each dedicated to the memory of a soldier killed in WW1. "The Great War" or "World War" as it was once known. We are still in the centennial years of the 1914~1918 conflict. I walked past these everyday on my way to Catholic school as a child. They slowly had their affect.

Amen.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2017 at 12:22 AM

    I wonder how many monuments there are to those who made huge fortunes from that war? How many mansions and other items of aggrandizement? I suppose it'd be a major research project to find out.

    Z

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  2. uncle1950uncleMay 8, 2017 at 5:38 AM

    If I were 20 I'd do my dissertation on that.

    Then sell it to Netflix as a series.

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  3. uncle1950uncleMay 8, 2017 at 5:39 AM

    Hey I'd have to pay off that damned loan somehow.

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