V1: are you in the clink on a double DUI?
car impounded double parking in Lanikai
Kāneʻohe sandbar that everyone knows is kapu
deities at night won't have trouble finding you
cannons sounding from Punchbowl to Arlington
service sacrifice lost man formation
over the skies so blue, so blue in Honolulu
V2: Raining by the bay in Hilo town
I remember Sakoda with his checkerboard hair
reading your obituary again all these years later sending a prayer
paddle out in Keaukaha, leis thrown in the ocean
flowers bobbing of sweet devotion
at the frame shop flag in cased
military discount in outerspace
yellow ribbon fell off old glory went up in it's place
momma's baked beans for our barbecue
where we saved a place setting for you
Chorus: little Betsy and her friends sewed 2,000 leis
to correspond with a flag for every grave
scouts spend their Monday walking up and down the manicured lawn
genuflecting, reflecting, moving on
ice cream on a porch streamers of red white and blue
watching the parade go by and thoughts of you
tell Grandpa we thank him, tell Aunt Sue we miss her
I couldn't bear to throw out your comic books
kept your subscription read all the new issues
and happily bent the pages
