My Lai Masscre

I, mister, I'm 
Alive, alive.
...Alive.

Cut my limbs off
Let me bleed,
Bleed.. Bleed,
Bleed the pain.
Out.

My... My Lai Masscre,
Cut my limbs off,
Screw me senseless 
screw me dead.

My Lai Masscre.
I'm alive.
My..
Lai Masscre.

March 16th 1968
Vietnam.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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O'Leary Avatar
May 27, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Great poem ... of infamy... no lessons were learned... :-(( Terry
Vresk Avatar
May 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Thank you Terry.
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