Lou J. Klaiber

FOR CASEY…

Ya back the kids down and
keep them off

War fuckin’ kills ya with kids.

Even the leaves whisper
Ho Chi Minh.

… and the prisoners dream of C Rats and ammo, and
another fuckin’ day
alive in Vietnam.

It all sucks

… and alive is ammo
and ammo

and more
AMMO!

©Copyright April 25, 2005 by Lou J. Klaiber

Author’s Note: A Response to the poem, “Oh What the Army Does with Heads” written by Michael Casey from the book, Obscenities, 1972