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Abe
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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2008-10-15 10:33 AM



THE VIETNAM VET
(Works for Iraq, too)

It's a very unique club -
I see it everywhere -
I see man embracing man -
A tear that says, "I care!".

There's a special look in eyes
That words cannot explain -
I see joy for this life -
Sometimes the living pain.

There's a camaraderie
That's very rare these days -
They let it show without shame
In so many different ways.

I wasn't there, was lucky
So I can't really know -
I can only sense and feel
Those things which I see show.

The patience, understanding -
Which only they can feel -
There is something very special
And something very real.

80s


Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984

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