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Or Maybe She Chose
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"The only lottery one lost to win"

Transcendental Sonnet #1171:
Or Maybe She Chose

I almost won the lottery to go to Vietnam
The only lottery one lost to win
The one my friends and I all prayed to lose

My father was the one who knew the bayonet the bomb
And also poetry
But he never knew me

He would have liked my life to end before it could begin
My mother did not have the right to choose
Or maybe she chose

Now only God knows

So they stopped the clock at zero
And I never got to go
Not a military hero

But then we will never know



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Reviewed by Chanti Niven
Reviewed on December 12, 2004
Perhaps if you'd gone, you may not have been able to bless us with your poetry. I'm sorry to say that I add my voice to the others who have commented here. Anyway, in my eyes you are a hero for being such a great husband to your special wife.
With admiration
Chanti

Reviewed by James Daniels
Reviewed on December 12, 2004
This was a nice piece of work, I'm glad you didn't get to go either

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on December 12, 2004
Perhaps not a military hero, but I am sure a hero to some. Nice wirte.

Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on December 12, 2004
I am glad for you, that you didn't go!
My son enlisted in the marines without my blessings
Thankfully he just returned from the Middle East safe and sound, I have not seen him yet, but to me war is horriffic! My dad was a 100% disabled vet from Korea, and I remember friends of mine during Viet Nam becoming speed freaks so they would fail their medicals.........

I wish we could all just get along.........
pax A

sorry for my ramble, if you want to delete this......be my guest :)
but you got me thinking and remembering


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