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Jungle Shirt Boogie on a Concrete Plane

By Steve Hassna

Fast steppin'
Side street walkin'
Away from the
      Noise
And insanity
Side street thinkin'
Drill sergeant's hat down
Low
Shades the
      Eyes
Jungle boot
      Rocking
With the movement
      Of my feet
Staying' cool inside
Jungle shirt
Many pockets
o.d. green
side street trippin'
people staring
yet avoiding
      my eyes
what the hell is that?
      (their eyes scream)
I live on top of
      A mountain
      (my thoughts reply)
can't you tell?
With sheath knife
And honing stone
Montagnard bracelet and
Jungle fatigues
Watchin' the buzzard's
      Flight
Or laying on the
Cool
Green
Earth
With many thousand
      Flowers
Can you?
Or
Standing
Facing
The raging wind
Jungle shirt tails
      Flying
Have you ever gone out
      And hugged
The fog
      As it drifted
Past your home
Have you?
      Down there
      In this
Insanity?
These are
      My thoughts
While I
Jungle shirt boogie
On a
      Concrete
      Plane.

Steve Hassna
1978