Saturday, June 20, 2020

From John Wayne to Spike Lee - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

From John Wayne to Spike Lee

From John Wayne to Spike Lee, we who were there
Are set upon gaming boards or movie screens
For the artistic outrage of award winners
Choosing their costumes for the Oscars show

Arms makers, double-entry contractors
Artists, writers, cinema studios
Everybody seems to have profited
From the war where they sent us to disappear

But we are left dying for appointments
with the VA
                          who might finish the job

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