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								The Heat by the River Towards Home |  |  |  
					| South, by the side of the road that is America;
 
 an old soldier sits beside a tidal river,
 and calls it home
 as it passes him by,
 ... going to the Sea.
 
 Dark clouds dance with bright blue
 and sunshine.
 
 I could fish perhaps.
 
 But I choose this day to feel the breeze
 that talks of home.
 
 To see the Turtle and the Hawk.
 
 To be silent!
 
 To be at home.
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					| By 
					Lou J. Klaiber Copyright 2003
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					January 11, 2010
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				Lou served in Vietnam in 3 Corps Vietnam during 1965 - 1966 as a Sergeant E-5. 
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