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Tramp Poet Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 754Could Be Anywhere... 
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Frankenhero Rot gut wine bottle scrapes makes tiny grinding noise as lifted to ruined lips. Clunks with a clink returned to rest lightened by some. He tugs filthy fatigues abit closer to home seems like forever, then more. Been wearing government green since summer of 1968 boy forced to be a man. High school hero cocky kid, had it all enlisted to win the war. In-country;buddies in the bag kids face down; so far from home hero turned to stone junkie. Highly decorated, wannabe lifer to reluctant and short-time addict choppers beat on, and on, and on. Home to open hatred no welcome, just hostility jobs suddenly all filled. Drifted down, spirled on down town to town; women, wine, jail back to black tar friend. Thirty years a bushman sitting downtown in concret jungle nursing charity wine. Dead in the eyes, and worse no hope, no life, no thing just breathing...waiting. Yesterday here same as today doing downtown jungle time choppers going on, and on, and on. Where did we go wrong, America where did we drop the ball where did we fail our fallen hero? Richest country in the whole, wide world here is our warrior, America... this person we created. ~~~~~~~~~~~  |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
This is a soul searching poem. We should all feel shame. Well done. Joyce |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
This brings back memories I'd like to forget but it is impossible. Too many scars. Well done tramp. the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Well done, indeed, Daniel. Very sad tale, true of way too many from our generation. |
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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA |
This is sad-but possessing a lot of truth & reality, we need to rethink! david |
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Tramp Poet Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 754Could Be Anywhere... |
indeed we do need to rethink and i believe take steps to recognize our own responsibility for these "Franken-heros" I saw a thing on one of the news pages the other day that said...get a life, get involved...volunteer for one meal a week at your local soup kitchen...would go a long way to prevent us from sliding our eyes off these folks like they didn't exist and change our behavior to one that recognized them and maybe (shock) made friends with a few. Like the tagger line we saw on a ministry bus once..."Have you hugged your hobo today?" Once one gets past all the unpleasantness; it will be a most rewarding experience! ...end of line:retract soapbox. ~~~~~~~~ [This message has been edited by Tramp Poet (06-21-2002 01:54 PM).] |
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