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Danny |
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we wrapped him in field dressings
so wounded badly wounded
propped against a tree staring
mumbling words not meant for me.
"a blue truck... a yellow rose.
a field far away... two crows diving.
a red-tailed hawk... an old barn weathered gray."
years have passed into sunsets
long shadows walk beside me
birds whisper verse
the sky becomes an easel
for my eyes painting a memory
of Danny
dying.
I paint a blue truck
and a yellow rose
in a field far away. |
By
Lou J. Klaiber
Copyright 2001
Listed August
6, 2009 |
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Lou served in Vietnam in 3 Corps Vietnam during 1965 - 1966 as a Sergeant E-5.
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