Time
Patrols,
Tours,
Careers –
All of these were
Temporary situations
Culminating in
A temporary situation…
And then I retired,
And haven’t worn a watch since.
No Thanks
If you smoked pot
from Thailand
or snorted cocaine
from Columbia
any time between
1987 and 2007,
It would be
very hypocritical
for you
to thank me
for my service.
During his two years in the Army, his 20 years in the Coast Guard, and again while earning his MFA from the University of Tampa, Ben White thought he was a poet. Silly, Ben – he is not a poet at all. He is a witness…what he writes is testimony.
