Letters can be a really powerful tool for expression, especially if they wont be sent. Write a letter.....
-To yourself ten years from now.
-To yourself before you joined the military.
-To your family as if you were still in or deployed.
-To an Iraqi or Afghan
-To anyone you want.
Post your letter or something that came from it.
Post post post.
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hey all, two poems.
ReplyDeleteDown Time
we sat around after,
like boy scouts,
trading stories, first
girl friends, first
sex, transitions to adult
hood. we shared faces
taped to the ceilings
of helmets, sweat
from our hands began
smearing them, patrol
to patrol, house
to house.
Burn Everything
we burned lots of shit
in nasiriyah, human shit
& diesel, trace the spiral
of the leaden cloud
as it struggles to lift.
we burned reeds along
the euphrates, makes
it easier for claymores
to blow, 240 begins
this light show.
we burned trees in the park,
hyper active marines with
heavy guns & incendiary rounds,
when the army mp’s showed,
we tried burning them too.
Maurice thanks for posting. Your first one reminds me of how soldiers over share when we have nothing but time on our hands and we really need distraction.
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