Sit with me.
Drink with me.
Remember with me
the many who fought
and won
or lost something significant
during their own particular wars.

Celebrate with me
here and now
and recall fondly
– or not –
the days of the Cola Wars
and the Talk Show Wars
and The Battle of The Network Stars.

Come with me
and spend a moment
considering what was lost
when Macy’s told Gimble’s
and May’s simply collapsed.
Relive our horror when the Subway Series was such a rout
just like Betamax
and Zima.

So many wars lost.
So many tragic victims…
It makes me want to go get high on glue
the winner of the War on Drugs.