que son valley poem...

 There'd be a celebration

that's what I kind of thought
down at the Legion
all my beers would be bought
and all my friends would slap me on the back
No , No , No ,Not.
Just me and my brother and my old man
sitting at the table drinking Bud from a can
waiting on my mom to walk in the door
when she saw me her jaw hit the floor
Son , you lost a lot of weight !
Mom , you look great !
and so I came home
all that was left of me
listened to the radio playing Let it be.
" Let it Be , let it be, let it be , let it be
there will be an answer
let it be. "
50 years later here I sit
4 in the morning
trying to forget
the rhyme and the reasons escape me yet
Let it Be , Let it Be
but it won't let go of me

What did you do in the war Grandpaw ?

Did you drive a tank or a Jeep ?

Where did you sleep ?

Did the people have dogs and kitties ?

What are skivvies ?

Did you ever get to fly ?

How did you pass the time ?

How long were you there ?

Were you ever scared ?

Such are the questions I hope I'm never asked

Cause those questions would be a task

Not that I wouldn't say but I won't

and ask I hope they don't

cause how could you tell your little rug rats

they ate the dogs and the cats .

7/07/2023

It's 2 am on a full moon night

the doors are all locked , the blinds pulled tight

the wife's asleep in her bed

I'm on the couch the war running through my head

happens a lot this time of year

when the sun heats up the atmosphere

it really takes me back to where I don't want to go

hardly ever happens in the wind and snow

but let the heat and humidity set in

and I'm right back to Thang Bin

laying on my belly on a barren Knoll

watching the Reaper take his toll

some of them I know , some I don't

some will live and some won't

I'm ten days short of 19

I'm out of ammo for my M14

watching a guy bleeding out

hearing others yell and shout

over comes an NVA

going to blow me up with a grenade

a bunch more run out of the scrub

the M16's are jamming turn into plastic clubs

and over head the full moon shines down

in my parlor I still hear the sounds

in my house the blinds are pulled down

2 am in the ghosts creep

2 am I gotta get some sleep .