ameriKKKa's Most Hated Muslim Poet
Grunt Life 68-69
Elephant grass, rice paddies, bamboo trees, sweat, tears, bloodshed. Infantryman ploddingly trudging through mud during the monsoon season up to his knees
Ant bites, green pit vipers, mosquito bites, fungal jungle rot, dysentery, malaria and other disease. Cannot remember ever hearing about the domino theory. Eleven months in and still leary
Never having understood the theory of Imperialism nor calitalisms need to thwart communisn. Just eighteen young, dumb and no longer having fun. Incoming mortor rounds, booby traps, ambush
Agent Orange, punji pits and Chi-Com grenades. So many ways to die. Tripple canopy rain forrest. Mountain scenery, rainbows, river falls, plants and vegetation to delight the eye
Department of Defense. Military made. Infantry Grunt life either do or die. One hundred and ten degrees in
the shade. Contracted government paid killers. No welcome parade
By
Abu Lateef Ali Babatunde
© 2023
Grunt Life 68-69
