Isn’t it hard to believe
Someone would give their life
For you and for me?
Leaving behind a husband or wife

Maybe they had children
A few brothers or sisters
At least a million
Fallen Mrs. and Mr’s

Never again will they see the glow
Of a warm, welcoming light
Feel the chill of powdery snow
For a rare Christmas of white

Not even one last goodbye
To those in their lives who mattered
Just a peaceful sigh
From the soldier who is tattered

These strangers who lay down their lives
Are hidden everywhere
So thank he who survives
Show them that you care

©Meghan Weatherford

Lawrence Hall
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

                                The Texas Sanhedrin


          Sponsored by Sen. Phil King, a Republican from Weatherford,            
          the bill requires every classroom to visibly display a poster [of
          The Ten Commandments] sized at least 16 by 20 inches. The
          poster can’t include any text other than the language laid out
          in the bill, and no other similar posters may be displayed.

                   -Ten Commandments in every classroom:
                    Texas bill nearing law | The Texas Tribune


Our legislature suppresses the pilgrims’ way
They’ve established a government church; we must obey
And from its edicts free Texans dare not stray
(Though the lawmakers work on the Sabbath day!)