[Pete Lanciers]

Monday morning at 05:30 I’m in the front yard in my PJ’s lowering my flag to half staff… one of my neighbors a couple of houses down is leaving for work, and spies me in the process, pulls his pickup to the side of the road. So I’m thinking as I finish securing our colors, he’s gonna laugh his *** off at me for my state of dress… instead he gets out puts his arm around me and we weep silently in the sunrise…