Poetry Fit For Memorial Day

When I Cried

Scientists say

The chemical composition

Of tears

Corresponds

To the crier's emotion

Anger Angst Regret

Fear Longing Relief

Joy Anguish Pain

Each elicits

Its own

Distinct signature

Providing a purgative release

If your essence

Could be rendered down

To its most primordial parts

Identifiable ordonnance

This cocktail

Unique in nature

Is contained

In the drops

That slip from my eyes

Today