Lawrence Hall
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I Never Met a
Harvard Graduate in Viet-Nam
“Now, soldiers, march away...”
-Henry V IV.iii.140
I wasn’t the first to notice that salient fact
For except in matters of feed, seed, and soil
Farm boys weren’t aware of critical thinking -
We trusted our government to get things right
And still...
The children of oligarchs play in law school
Or sun themselves while on perpetual holiday
While the much-deceived children of the poor
In their patriotic obedience die
And still...
Now, soldiers, march away
Your betters are at play
On Daddy’s yacht today
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