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Mushroom Montoya circumnavigated the globe aboard the USS Trippe DE1075 after killing soldiers, woman and children in Viet Nam. Now, as a shaman, he heals the planet one person at a time. Mushroom Montoya has an active shamanic healing practice in Long Beach, California and he teaches at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State Univ. Long Beach.

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Dead In The Water


After we left Viet Nam
In autumn 1972,
I sat on the deck,
My back against the bulkhead
Of the helo hangar,
On the USS Trippe.
We sailed the Indian Ocean
Beyond the Gulf of Oman
Light blue skies above,
Dark blue ocean below,
Steady as she goes.
And then
Silence;
An eerie quiet
A calm rocking
Swayed into a big
Rocking.
Interior alarms
People yelling,
“Dead in the water!
Dead in the water.”
I sat on the deck,
My back against the bulkhead
Of the helo hangar,
On the USS Trippe.
Enjoying the quiet,
Feeling the rocking,
Ignoring the commotion,
Imagining sailors of old
Floating on the swells
Of the Indian Ocean
When the wind
Took a nap
And the
Silence:
And eerie quiet,
A calm rocking
That swayed into a big
Rocking
Without the alarms
Just the swells,
Light blue skies above,
Dark blue ocean below.


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