The Business of War

All the Election Talk About Who's American and Who's Anti-American,reminded me of my Drill Instructor at Paris Island in 1966.


I wrote a poem(over 40 years old) inspired by a talk he gave.


He said,"You pieces of shit will all be Marines soon and like Marines,you will drink lot and likely throw up.

If you are a True Marine,you will puke red,white and blue!"





I Puke Red,White, and Blue Every Night





I puke red like the oceans of blood that were spilled

So a few can get elected in the business of war

I puke white like the nation of ghosts of the premature dead

So a few can profit in the business of war

I puke blue like my thoughts of killing on command

So a few can get promotions in the business of war





How people who make their profits and claim their patriotism

When their only relationship with this country is to hate the majority of the people.

They show this hate by their actions of paying no taxes on their profits,taking tax money to ship jobs overseas where wages are low because they use the threat of US or local troops(paid for with US tax money)to keep them so.