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A Tribute to Dave Cline by his old friend, Martin Zehr (poem)

By Martin Zehr

The union hacks in postal called him a "chronic malcontent;"
And how right they were.
Never giving up the fight, never conceding defeat.
The work he did is our legacy,
The vision he held our hope.
A future without him is left missing a link,
The chains he sought to break are weaker for his work.

Stand fast vets!
Honor the combatants for justice,
The malcontents who strive for better,
March arm in arm
Fists raised in defiance.
End the ceaseless slaughters,
stop the bloody carnages.
Dave's work is done,
our work remains.

Dewey Canyon III is the memorial
That negates all the lies,
Formed from the anger of GIs
Never willing to surrender.

Chronic malcontents in their generation,
Never satisfied by empty lies,
Organizing for a better world,
Leaving it with much undone.

The Russian poet, Tyutchev wrote:
"Blessed is he who visited this world
In moments of its fateful deeds:
The highest Gods invited him to come,
A guest, with them to sit at feast
And be a witness of their mighty spectacle."

Dave Cline VVAW 35th Anniversary 2002