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Letter from Camp |
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Dear Dad and Mom,
Here I am
at Camp Vietnam
Yes, I did get your box
Yes, I did need clean sox
No, Mom, I'm not
eating right.
How can you eat
In a firefight
Yes, I make friends, Dad
Hard to
keep them, you see
They're getting killed
All around
me
Sleep is a thing
of the past
If I sleep
sound
I won't last
You say you're
Very worried
You won't mind then
If this letter's hurried
I
have to go now
Maybe to fight
They said we are
To
move out tonight
I love you Mom
I love you Dad
When I get home
I'll be glad
Homesick, Mom
You
bet that I am
I don't know if I'll come home
From Camp
Vietnam
Love and joy
From
Your boy, Roy |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2002
Listed October 8, 2011 |
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About
Author...
Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.
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