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any poetry????

"any poetry????"

Just the one. But I learned only recently that Jimmy Stewart, (yes the Jimmy Stewart), flew a mission in Viet Nam!

Okay, you wanted poetry...

Scotty’s Beam-Up

Scotty got his beam-up. I’m sure it went quite well.
There’s just no way an engineer would ever end in He!!.
Oh, my, the consternation! The divvils would be glum,
As after only minutes there, the broken things would Hum!

That AC that was useful just for making He!!ish noise,
Would soon be working smoothly, and no Freon it employs.
The water taps would flow again, and fevered thirsts would slake,
And Charon’s boat could cruise about, out on a gentle lake.

The lifts would be put in order, and commerce could resume,
That backlog of requests for ice was reaching to the moon!
The problem this engenders, (and who the devil cares?)
Is that the engineer might then check out the stuff upstairs.

I’m sure that he’d be welcome, and glad to see his mates,
But I just know he’d soon be putting oil upon those Gates!
He’d want to swing them wide, I think, to bring a truck though there.
‘Cause with his eye for trouble, even Heaven needs repair!

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . July 20, 2005

"any poetry???? "

Hey! Guess what I found!

Veteran’s Day

On Veteran’s Day, we celebrate,
In quiet moments, contemplate.
A holiday for civil workers,
Government folks, and other shirkers,

Ask them yourself, about the con,
“Are you essential?” Mais oui, non?
When evil storms blow into town,
The government offices all shut down.

So they’re off from work upon this day,
While all the Veterans still earn pay,
Having finished the job they were given to do.
They have different work now, that they must see through.

In trenches, on beaches, and planes in the air,
They went off to fight with scarcely a care,
At least so it seemed for they smiled all the while,
And they finished their work with admirable style.

Not once did they ask for much more than their smokes,
And they tell the old stories as if they were jokes,
Although we don't know what the day is about,
Today, while they work, they’re still sorting things out.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 9, 2004

For more than three decades Hollywood's had its head in the sand
It started during our little debacle in Vietnam
I believe it was an episode of "Hawaii Five-0"
Where a young Yaphett Kotto played a Marine Psycho
Talked down by Steve and Dan-O
And that vignette soon became the norm across the land

Returning soldiers were no longer to be admired
Filling whatever Nemesis roles required
To sell Muscle Cars during the hours of Prime Time
The "Troubled Vietnam Vet" became part of our culture
Whoever went was stupid and deserved to be slimed
And it didn't cost the studios vultures one thin dime!

The Seventies gave us Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"
Jazzed up with great lines not lacking tartness
And a Heavy as a West Pointer who suddenly broke the rules
By "Going Native" while crushing the NVA's Family Jewels
So, they sent Martin Sheen to murder Brando
A mission cooked up by LBJ's political sycophants and fools!

If "Apocalypse Now!" was bad, "Platoon" was much worse
Setting the tone for GIs as murdering rapists
With a My Lai thrown in, Chapter and Verse
The soldiers and gear looked right
Yet soon ground down the plight
Of soldiers through entertainment surreal and escapist

'Tis a sad state of affairs when actors of this generation
Need a taste of Basic and Warfare's strict regimentation
To move with a ruck, carry a rifle and know how to use it
Under the strict eye of Technical Advising Vietnam Vets
Foremost, Marines R. Lee Ermey and Dale A. Dye
While Hollywood continues to give warriors a black eye!

Jack Deth~ 11/12/05.