4 Dates 4 Questions

Spring will never come again

no April without pain

each April the emancipator’s

slain

Mothers will there ever be

a Sunday in December

when we will not remember

November never passes

until I shed a tear

year after year after year

And never in September
will I look into the sky

without asking the question
Why Why Why Why

Commission a poem from Joe

Tell him the story. He'll find the verse in it.