Franklin Price Poet Couplet

I Am a Veteran

I Am a Veteran
By Franklin Price
11/3/2015

I am a veteran growing old
Always went where I was told
Followed orders to the “T”
Volunteered that was just me

Basic training taught a lot
Learned to march to take a shot
Make a bunk exactly right
Pulled KP into the night

Torn down to be built up
Became a dog from just a pup
When I arrived was just a kid
Left an adult you know I did

Trained in skills I did not know
Earned sixty dollars not much dough
Tried to never sing the blues
Even spit shined boots and shoes

Some skipped the draft went on the lam
I enlisted and went to Viet Nam
The year I spent the one of Tet
Of that Asian war I am a vet

My country called I answered it
For four short years I did not quit
I learned so well to handle strife
Not much else hard for all my life

Do not regret a thing at all
If young again would heed the call
Would grow up quick as I did then
Yes, I would do it all again

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Kim Merryman November 3, 2015 at 5:44 PM An excellent write, Franklin! Thank you for your service to our country! Love, Kim Franklin Price November 6, 2015 at 10:32 AM Thanks Kim, so glad you stopped by. I appreciate the thanks.