By George Pafitis
Submitted by mankh
Friday, Jun 22, 2018
There are roads not traveled by most of us,
like learning that people’s nails get pulled out,
they are tortured or hear sounds of horror in battles,
see bodies crisped by napalm, see a child’s
cheek melting as jaw unlocks.
They walked the fields when Agent Orange was
dropped from planes, they didn’t know
about Agent Orange then.
But they knew when the sky was red
with fire and the moon burnt orange;
they knew it was the last they would see.
Yes, this is the road the Gook and Charlie walked,
and their progeny hear the echoes of their footsteps,
feel the bones corroding in the rice paddy
and wonder about the road.
George Pafitis is a retired businessman whose professional work was salesperson of advertising media from 1968 through 2002. Since retiring, his avocation has been writing and studying poetry; he finds the poetry experience pleasurable and rewarding. For sample poems and to purchase his new book Feelings and Words Traveling Together Vol. 2., click here.
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