Robert J Moore Poet Rhyme

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On R and R From 'Nam

by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015

In ’68 I drove a cab, here in Sydney town,
with R & R from Vietnam, Americans were around
they were young and far from home, about to blow a fuse
and Kings Cross was the place they’d go for gambling, girls and booze

I’d pick them up in George St, they just wanted fun you know
I told them that it was not far, they could walk, but they said no
will not be long before we walk, in jungles dark and green
until then it’s just luxury, and to see what’s to be seen

Sometimes a trip across the Bridge, was their idea of fun
so they could tell their friends back home, that’s  just what they had done
but it was true, that soon for them, it was off and back to war
and if they made it home again, they’d remember what they saw

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John Fleming May 22, 2016 at 1:44 PM Very poignant, Bob...A mix of melancholic acceptance flavoured with the slightest hint of positiveness and hope. I loved every line! My very best regards. :) john P.s A seven.