for Ira
if you can
for it is cast in bronze
a brown hand
lifted the flag
and his feather
was hard-won
but we must forget
for our own small
salvation
otherwise the gate
of solitary
awaits
and in Arizona
the Pima ditches
are still dry Tony Reevy
Tony Reevy’s previous publications include poetry, non-fiction and short fiction, including five non-fiction books and the full books of poetry, Old North, Passage, Socorro, and Turbulence. The FSA/OWI Photographers and the American Railroad is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. He resides in Durham, North Carolina.
