Hush ... listen, can you not hear it? That low
only because it comes from so far off ...
A cry of disbelief, and outrage, but most of all
pain at the message that flew to them from
the distant land of the living. They, the vast
legions of Canada's best and brightest who
answered their nation's call to battle when fascists
threatened the world order while committing a
monstrous genocidal atrocity, sacrificed themselves
so that others might live in freedom, believing
their legacy and that of untold millions who did
not survive would forever resonate in resolute
memory to be venerated and thanked in grave
perpetuity. Humanity's memory is short and
forgiving, how else rationalize the appearance
before Parliament of a nonagenarian applauded
as a military hero of Ukraine, then to discover
the standing ovation honoured a man who had
pledged allegiance to his Nazi overmaster as a
willing recruit in the shadow-war to annihilate
Europe's Jews. The bitter taste of bile, the cause
for which they surrendered their lives perverted
through their government's addiction to virtuous
theatrics by a prime minister who sacrifices
homage to truth and justice for political gain.
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