Thank You for Your Service?
It’s memorial day, but there will be no brats fired up on the barbecue. No sales celebrating the rise of summer. And for fuck’s sake, there will be no thanking living, breathing veterans for their service.
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It’s memorial day, but there will be no brats fired up on the barbecue. No sales celebrating the rise of summer. And for fuck’s sake, there will be no thanking living, breathing veterans for their service.
“Today is the first day…” The phrase is so tired and hackneyed that I can’t bring myself to regurgitate the ending. It carries echoes of lost causes. You’ll hear this fortune cookie wisdom oft imparted by folks with nothing left to say as they settle back into their armchairs and dream of wistful yesterdays and …