What will I do with you unruly boys
tracking in blood right through my dreams?
Where on earth did you learn your manners?
And when, by the way, will you EVER grow up?
March yourselves back here and clean up this mess!
©Mothers Day 1991 by Dusty
The Poet's Commentary:
This is a poem I wrote for Mothers Day in 1991. It's a little cryptic for some of the
guys, but maybe some of you moms will get it. It's meant to be a distorted echo of a
mother's voice chiding her boys about such mundane mom concerns as kids tracking mud
across a freshly mopped kitchen floor, using phrases and rhythms that moms everywhere use
when nagging kids. Unfortunately, we who have experienced war know too well that dead boys
never grow up.
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women
in Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's
Home Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner
and Americal Vet
Shrapnel
in the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project
Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All
About Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for
sale thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town
in the country!
Writers Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best
theater in town
Literature of the Korean War ~ Don't let the
literature be forgotten
Poetry of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe Later . . . ~ My
Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go ~ Cowz plus
Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham Fulton, Scottish Poet ~
Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary
Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
PreviewPort.com
~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
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