T-SHIRT PATRIOTS

The South is a pickup truck
and four Boys icing a cooler
... with beer,
cigarettes

and a visit to say hello
to me

that is soon a goodbye

after I grab my 3 beers.

... and tell 'm to lose their trash words
where they throw their cans.

Words like 'Gook"

or 'Nigger'

and that stupid smile on their 'lily white' faces.

I could train them smart
but I don't really care anymore.

The guys I drink too
were real

soldiers

in a War that time
has already forgotten.

I reach into the cooler
and open one more.

For my Bros!

Stare at the fatboys

... and laugh.

I remember!

©Copyright April 8, 2005 by Lou J. Klaiber