A Passing Grade?

Just a boy
In a soldier suit

We taught him
Discipline

We taught him
How to kill

We taught him
How to survive

Well disciplined
He passed the killing test

If here today
Would he believe
Two out of three
A passing grade?

by Stan Cooper...5/14/11 graphic by Don Hunt




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Written on 2011-05-27 at 21:33

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ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Great write , Stan , remindid me of trying too teach them both about war . It is not a fun thing. I took them too the local cematrey . Whear thear are two secshans with the ded of both world wars. Whear they noticsed how young they were. I did not ever by them play guns or play war games with them. Thev youmgest i rember pickup a stick it was a play gunto him, I could of wept. ''it's not a reill gun, Ken'' '' i know you dont like guns''. I turned away , silant dry tears in eyes.
Ken
2011-05-30