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VIETNAM PATHOLOGY
Ah, the absurdity of puberty scarcely complete,
The wiles of my feckless youth stolen, usurped
By belligerent old men fighting futile wars,
My youthful imaginings were shelved, deferred
By a call to arms couched in patriotic terms
To kill other young men equally confused.
My anger remains at the call to arms under a
“My country right or wrong the rallying cry”
Stupid, dogged xenophobic motives
Pilfering the lives of frightened young men,
Futilely killing them by the thousands
Upon distant battlefields oceans away.
