Ralph Lenzmeier wrote the following poem for his wife, Renee. It was published in a Forum ad on Jan. 11, the day the couple would have celebrated their 63rd anniversary. I remember the first time I ...
I remember the heat. A dry, suffocating torrent. The blazing, burning sun baking the tarmac. No clouds, no trees, just a furnace of hate. I feel the hate. I remember the heat. I remember the dust.