Winning Hearts and MindsLarry Rottmann, Jan Barry, Basil T. Paquet |
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... silent pulse , Sprung brief spondees in your lungs , And the cesura's called mid - line , half - time , Incomplete , but with a certain finality . The bullet barks apocalyptic And you don't unzip your sepulchral Canvas bag in three days ...
... silent pulse , Sprung brief spondees in your lungs , And the cesura's called mid - line , half - time , Incomplete , but with a certain finality . The bullet barks apocalyptic And you don't unzip your sepulchral Canvas bag in three days ...
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... silent laughing scream behind you that would not wait , or listen to replies ? The load's not heavy any more for you now , is it ? And the journey's not as urgent now as then it seemed- for night's caught up and long since overtaken you ...
... silent laughing scream behind you that would not wait , or listen to replies ? The load's not heavy any more for you now , is it ? And the journey's not as urgent now as then it seemed- for night's caught up and long since overtaken you ...
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... , it looked like a fish . " " We are the ripped forest , men who became the jungle , limed limbs whitening , silent as the mountain , as the last seal of lips . " hootch : house " Laughter shredded in my mouth . I felt my 63.
... , it looked like a fish . " " We are the ripped forest , men who became the jungle , limed limbs whitening , silent as the mountain , as the last seal of lips . " hootch : house " Laughter shredded in my mouth . I felt my 63.
Contents
Wanna Go To Vietnam | 1 |
A Bummer | 7 |
Waiting Out An American Air Strike | 13 |
Copyright | |
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Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans Larry Rottmann,Jan Barry,Basil T. Paquet No preview available - 1972 |
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