scottn
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Join date : 2011-12-13
 |  Subject: Lunch at Jerry's Mon May 28, 2012 7:43 am | |
| Lunch at Jerry’s
Thin and older now
A cane crutches his
Leg-- the left one mostly
His 60’s smile rests
For a minute; a scarf
Hiding his pain
Triangular side burns
Speckled in grey
Slant toward his chin
“Great Lakes boot camp”
He recalls
The buddy system
Thought to be a good choice-
His sold out
Winter in the windy city
“Our laundry
Froze solid”
My chair creeks
I readjust
Vietnam, Morse code
Wrinkled memories unfold
The entree speaks
A bit about drugs
And ships and planes
Limping, he returns
To the sudden death
Of his sister at sixteen
“She died outside our home”
I prompt him
Closing the menu
Jerry whispers,
“My dad was never the same”
I’ll pass on desert |
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Lora
SITE ADMINISTRATOR
Posts : 5907
Age : 53
Join date : 2011-07-26
Location : Southern CA
| | Subject: Re: Lunch at Jerry's Mon May 28, 2012 11:21 pm | |
| Very deep. A great tribute to our soldiers. Love the melancholy and the snapshots of a hard life. It makes my heart ache. |
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vinedresser
WORDSMITH (251-300 posts)
Posts : 259
Age : 68
Join date : 2011-10-10
Location : Arkansas
| | Subject: Re: Lunch at Jerry's Tue May 29, 2012 3:12 pm | |
| Amen. Too many died during that time, in more ways than one. |
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rhymarhyma
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Posts : 549
Join date : 2011-08-11
Location : Denver, CO
| | Subject: Re: Lunch at Jerry's Wed May 30, 2012 8:10 am | |
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redhaley
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Age : 71
Join date : 2012-03-26
Location : North Carolina, USA
| | Subject: Re: Lunch at Jerry's Wed May 30, 2012 9:40 am | |
| Very deep. What a tribute to our solders. |
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