It was 1969 and they said everyone
would be present and accounted for; except
the bits and pieces blown apart and scattered
across the country’s war torn paddies and jungle floors.
Those guys were never going to be coming back
Even the healthy ones….


2008 © T Sheridan

Ted Sheridan

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