CHAMELEON

There is something about men retuning from war

Like a chameleon shifting in alter conscious ways

The swagger instantly reverting to a boyish grin

War forever like a stun gun stopping then instantly

Their lives never the same hearing the drumbeat

Always in the rear of their minds rat-a-tat-tat-tat

The war memories forever playing out somewhere

Deep in the distance the child within always afraid

Sad like a Tennessee Williams play without end.

 

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