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I was born in war, WW Two.
Listened as the old men told stories
of getting gassed in the trenches, WW One.
Saw my uncles come back from
Guadalcanal, North Africa
and the battle of the Bulge.
Memorized war stories
my cousins told of Korea.
Felt the fear in their voices.
Finally it was my turn,
my brothers too.
Joined the marines in the time
for the Cuban Missile Crisis
Heard the crack of rifles
in the rice paddies south of Da Nang.
Watched my friends die there
then tasted the bitterness
of the only war America ever lost
My son is now a warrior.
Will I listen to his war stories
or cry to his open grave.
This is the poem that Jim Northrup wrote about war. I am going to Explicate the poem and
examine the message that he is trying to express and th...
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