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Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 31 May, 1970

...B-52: a city on its own. 
You mess with us, we’ve got technology.
I loved it when we flew into the zone:
as Ernie said, “We’ll kill ’em till they’re free.”

My job? To watch the black cascade of...

After Fifty Years

...
You won't kill the spider that scurries 
across the floor of our living room, 
but you once killed solders at the Chosin.

You called them gooks, then,
now you know each was only a man
masked...

A Land Without a Single Crook

...A land without a single crook,
Because criminals they don't brook:
They'd out fish them with a hook
Relying in their roguish look...

A District without a Half Crook
Battered eyes to one make a...

Hero Worshippers

...Cherishing The Triumphs of others,
Ready for their suicidal orders:
Spellbound by their Astonishing Peaks,
These discussing for tireless weeks:
The Tall Mountains France has ascended,
In their p...

Golden Triangle Snow

...Golden Triangle Snow
Old skool rock and roll on the decks. Takes me back to before I was born. Smoking the best ing weed in 'Nam. Swimming in the river. Worshipping dark Gods. Making love to even da...

The Ranch Hand's Babies, Part 3 of 3

...(When the true toxicity of Agent Orange
was finally comprehended, the Johnson 
Administration could think of nothing
better to do than simply dump the
chemical on a chain of Pacific islands,
whe...

Requerimiento

...(The Spanish conquerors of the
Americas read out their legal
document, the "Requerimiento",
to the Indians.  Failure to comply
meant the Spanish were free to
do what they wanted.)

Conquistado...

E Pluribus Unum

...It’s time, by now, we did away with nations.
I tell you, hand on heart beneath the flag,
This jingo jag has now become a drag.
Those puerile patriotic palpitations
had meaning only when we lived ...

Grabberwocky-2

...(November 2016)

Twas Hillig, but the Limey Gove
Did whine and witter in the Brext.
All Szyddly was the Orban cove
And Grabberwock out-Mexed.

“Beware the Grabberwock, my dear,
The salesman’s...

Red, White and Blue

...Red, White and Blue

I fought in the Revolutionary war
To win freedom from tyranny 
I fought for the right to choose my religion 
For the right to live free!

No taxation without representatio...

Lets Have a Toast

...Lets have a toast for the jerkoffs
Lets have a toast for the assholes 
Lets have a toast for the dirtbags
Lets have a toast for the criminals 
Its not all your fault dickheads

Lets have a toas...

They Caught Me Young

...They Caught Me Young


The first cut is a cut so deep-
Internalising this impression
Has made me stir and creep
With invariable precision!

Great Writers caught me young
Whilst an exploring ...

My First Limerick Banger

...My first car was green , red and black .

 Part Nissan , Jeep and Cadillac .

 When you pulled out the choke 

 The boot filled with smoke

 Flames farting straight out the back .


 I cal...

Masks (Of Hallowen)

...Darkness uttermost
Howl gobblins, gooks, grinch and ghost
Dripping touch of night

Blood like curdled light
Candle tears, white serpents hiss
Shadowing the mist

Hell has broken free
Behind ...

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