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Somebody's Darlin' |
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Somebody loves that boy in fatigues.
Oh me, oh my,
The thought that intrigues.
That boy so forlorn,
That soldier haggard and worn,
In the land of the killing,
And the dying,
Is somebody's darlin'...
Excessively maudlin,
Effusively,
Emotionally,
Somewhere, somebody cries for him,
Would gladly die for him,
A mother grieving sentimentally,
A sister missing her brother tearfully,
A daughter loving a father painstakingly
A sweetheart bereft,
Heartache all that's left. |
By
Gary Jacobson
Copyright 2001
Listed
October 10, 2010 |
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About
Author...
In 1966-67, Gary Jacobson served with B Co
2nd/7th 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam as a combat infantryman and is the recipient of the Purple
Heart.
Gary, who resides in Idaho writes stories he
hopes are never forgotten, perhaps compelled by
a Vietnamese legend that says, "All poets are
full of silver threads that rise inside them as
the moon grows large." So Gary says he
writes because "It is that these silver
threads are words poking at me � I must let them
out. I must! I write for my brothers who cannot
bear to talk of what they've seen and to educate
those who haven't the foggiest idea about the
effect that the horrors of war have on
boys-next-door."
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