The Jellybean Asp

A couple years after earning a G.E.D.
He came home from a tour of duty.
Sporting a tattoo and a pair of war eyes.
(2 black jellybeans where there once were stars).

One day the shine in those stars was displaced.
When his closest grunt friend got blown away via an I.E.D. 
Rigged by a teenage Asp, slithering in a blistered land.
Dreaming only in the colors of death.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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