Camilot
(in tribute to Camilo Mejia,
first court-martialed Iraq War resister)
At first sight, to the eyes of man, he seemed
No military hero. They had to lower
The microphone for him to speak. Humble,
One might say diffident, was he, the first
Honored by court-martial for refusing
Orders to re-enter the killing dunes
And thus to "push more principles aside."
Yet how gigantic in the eyes of God,
No less than Abdiel who dared defy
Satan's Assembly of the Unrighteous
(As Milton saw, in 'Paradise Lost') was he.
New York City, March 28, 2005
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