BGSU Falcons Sophomore Year 07-08’ Move-in Party CANCELLED
War is a bunch of teenagers having panic attacks with guns
~JV
War is when I camp
With my weapon
War is the longest day of summer
With my weapon
War is when the hikes are hot
With my weapon
War is when the nights are green
With my weapon
War is a home cooked Meal, Ready-to-Eat
With my weapon
War is where I poop in port-o-potty
With my weapon
War is missing home
With my weapon
War is having a panic attack
With my weapon
War is being surrounded by a bunch of 19-year-olds having panic attacks
With my weapon
War is being so confused I don’t know where I am
With my weapon
War is the worst day for the rest of my life
With my weapon
War is actually this: I am a 19-year-old brainwashed robot; I am experiencing War for the first time in my life; I am scared; I am having a panic attack; nothing anyone trained me for prepares me to go home
without my weapon
Julián Nicolas Verdugo is a former U.S. Army Medic who served in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan, during the Global War on Terror. He completed a BFA in Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University in December 2025 and will begin an MA in Spanish in 2026. His work often engages with war, fatherhood, motorcycles, and how language, memory, and the body carry what survives.”
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