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Another dream/nightmare where I awoke crying...
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
Thursday, December 5, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Weird dream or was it memory but who's memory?


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 We dropped some acid,

We had some fun,

We smoked pot,

We drank till we puked,

Then we drank some more…

 

We partied till dawn,

We slept on peoples lawns,

 We f***ed all the little virgins,

We ended up on the beach,

Oh man we had such fun,

Till we had to go and shoot a gun…

 

They made us into men,

Or so that is what they thought,

Our country we had to defend,

The enemy did the same,

Nam’ was lame, man…

 

Win the war by attrition,

One shot, one kill,

No more taking pills,

Kill or be killed,

Brainwashed by a government hack,

Came home & went to the beach back,

Every sound made them to jump,

Ended lives with overdose,

Left in a pile, just a semi-human, in the sand, lump.

© -Em- 12/4/19


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 Reviews of "Another dream/nightmare where I awoke crying..."
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on December 5, 2019
Yes. The Vietnam War was a tragedy and a travesty. Canada's population increased with the number of draft dodgers that came across the border from your country. But the behaviors you allude to in the first two stanzas... ...hmm. I shall "say" no more. I was no angel but all I did was drink some (too much on weekends at times after a week at university) and make love to my girlfriend (just one). ☮ Love and peace to you, Ed

Regis. 🎈✨🎄

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on December 5, 2019
dream or not, "Nam was one worthless bloody nightmare, that never should have been.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on December 5, 2019
Sounds like a nightmare that one would like to avoid. No wonder you ended up waking up crying.


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