The Smell of the Light by Bill McCloud
Author:Bill McCloud
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vietnam war, war poetry, agent orange
Publisher: Babylon Books
when I saw three MPs chasing the
tallest man I had ever seen in a uniform
He had no flowers in his hair so I had a
pretty good idea where he wasnât going
MOCKINGBIRD
When I was told I was
being promoted I was
also told Iâd be going to
Dong Tam to make it official
and would stay there overnight
That evening they dropped
a couple of white sheets
down the side of a shed
because it was their
regular movie night
The film we watched was
To Kill a Mockingbird
A timeless movie that would
become a beloved classic
I watched it that night
under the skies of Vietnam
While Scout and Jem grew up
over a couple of years I was
moving up the military ranks
None of us were as innocent
as we once had been
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