I stripped off my Navy uniform,
Shredding away
The Viet Nam war,
And went skinny
dipping
In the warm salty water
Around Grande Island
In the middle of
Subic Bay.
My buddies laughed
and took pictures
And found they
couldn’t resist
Getting naked and
jumping in.
We filled the air
with laugher
Splashing in the
water
Forgetting about
the war.
We climbed up to
golf tee number 7
Sitting together
as friends,
Smoking some weed,
On this tiny
Philippine Island,
Looking west in
the evening
Watching the
clouds battle
With kabooms of
lighting
That exploded into
flower petals
Of childhood
dreams
Of what we wanted
to be
When we grew up.
All the while we sat munching
On M&M
Chocolate covered peanuts
That threw a party
on our tongues
And helped us
pretend
That we were not
at war.
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