All our veterans are hero's, especially the dead one's.
Paper poppy'd, toy soldiered, military bearing,
I'm there to pretend that I might have been like them.
Remembering the glorious dead that I know nothing of.
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I like thios a lot. As an ex soldier myself Remembrance Day holds some bittersweet memories. You have captured some of the essence here. well written.