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26 August 71 (poem)

By Marc Levy

Monday is my ETS.
55 years since
Private E-1 Levy,
one badge
five ribbons
five article 15s
two court-martials
5 days stockade
departed the Army
hitching a ride
from his court-martial
secretary, spending
the night with her,
next morning,
a bus to Boston.
55 years, Vietnam
never a day away.

—Marc Levy