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12/24/1969: Ghosts of Xmas Past (poem)

By D F Brown

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A moment ago
It was nearly now again
Bunkered up at base camp
Sucking cold beers
Thinking we're the good guys
Waiting for Santa
All that come-true crap
Shit-talk and slinky linkages
Killing Cong for god
We fought that fucking war
Like we had boys to burn
Died for it don't mean nothing
Viets called them missing footprints
We just say they got wasted.

—D F Brown


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