emily
donut dollie
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emily |
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while i was out building morale
you
with your Cobra
were dying
details are relative
your wife waits
unknowing that i think of her at this moment
or
that you never again will
you were just a boy - 19
immature
with much to learn
but you were playing men's games
the stakes were high
and you lost
or rather
we
your team
lost
last night you were drunk
(and we wanted to be alone)
so we made excuses
and left you
i`m sorry now
but it's much too late for apologies
you're too busy derosing from the world
and being reassigned to eternity
to know how i feel
unreality
total incomprehension
death is too final to contemplate
dwelling upon the loss of a friend
is death in life
life is for the living
death is for the dead
and so
Kenny
we must now go our separate ways
good-bye's are sad
but if we'd never said hell-o
we'd not have to say good-bye
and the happiness of your hell-o's
far surpasses
the tragedy of your good-bye
the sad part
is not
that you're dead
the sad part
is
that you are no longer alive
i'll miss you
kenny
© 1969
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women
in Vietnam ~ Read about ALL the women who served . . .
Dusty's
Home Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Tim
O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Shrapnel
in the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
All
About Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about
Vietnam for sale thru Amazon Worldwide!
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Project
Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
My Other Websites:
Maybe Later . . . ~ My
Creative Nonfiction
Irish
in Korea ~ Irish men and women who gave their lives in the Korean War
Literature of the Korean
War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Samuel Pepys ~ One of my
favorite authors
Chicago Theatre Z - A ~
This is the best theater town in the country!
Soccer Literature ~ I'm a
fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach (apologies to The General!)
Poetry of the First World War
~ Owen, Hardy and others
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Other Important Websites:
The
Truth About Caroline ~ a really good Young Adult book by
my niece, Stacey M. Lane
Grosh
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ The Civil
Service and Military will NEVER forget!
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