Effective poem, gary. (though isnt it lobbing shells not lobbying shells? It
would be lobbing in UK). I like the poem 's ending.
SallyE
on 3/11/02 5:53 pm, Gary B at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Gray Jay Read to Us
>
> Billy Gray Jay, featured reader, asked,
> "Who protested the war? The war, Nam."
> A few hands barely raised.
> "Tell the truth. Who?"
> Two-thirds of his audience raised their arms.
>
> And Gray Jay read us poems
> about lobbying VW size shells into the jungle,
> shelling villages at night,
> too tired to sleep during the day,
> of the return home
> to a stranger's family,
> friends no long friends
> though they broke eggs with him at Denny's,
> stares and whispers,
> the scars he carries,
> his words ointment for the pain.
>
> Through our applause,
> congratulations,
> cross conversation,
> rattle of the latte machine,
> we did not hear the next question
>
> even after we heard a poem
> written to praise the color blue.
>
>
>
> Nov Sharon Svendsen at: http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html
>
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>
> Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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