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Decomposed Granite (poem)

By John Crandell

Whatever happened to that
    Tomb of The Unknown
Soldier of Vietnam War
    American born
Is it still there?
    And long since emptied
Well, gol darn ~ if so
    Let's go dig up Lyndon
Unearth that corpse of his
    Blast that headstoned
Boulder all to smithereens
    And transport him in a B-52
And drop him into that
    Emptied sarcophagus
Hell, why not Mac as well?
    Brothers ~ arm in arm
Arlington knowns, forever

—John Crandell