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I Wear the Scar |
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We lay quietly near the air field
Semi-relaxed, M203
ready to wield
The island is safe, the fighting done
Final battle, last night was won
One wounded
machine-gun crew
Asleep was a target before we knew
He
flew to Texas on a C-9
After rehab he might be fine
Two honored bodies have flown
The Captain on patrol
alone
A sergeant a souvenir to take
Both in bags
�cause they made mistake
More aircraft settle to the
runway
Bringing senior officers for the day
The ramp
opens, heroes are made
They march as if on parade
To the end of the runway
In formation they stay
Up the
ramp they go
Still in nice neat row
The aircraft
engines roar
Allowing the officers to soar
About
dehydrated meals we moan
The visitors are going home
Days later we return to base
This should be a happy
place
After cleaning I head for the bar
Silently I
realize who they are
The ones with the crowd
Telling a story so proud
They are entitle to the metal
they wear
They had "gone over there"
They wear the
campaign metal like me
They even get to wear the CIB
For they were Infantry in the zone
They didn't fight
battle was done
My nose is out of joint
They need
the promotion point
Someday they will wear a star
But
it will be me with the scar. |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2002
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October 27, 2012 |
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Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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