Challenge
Write about a dark and sensitive subject.
Back to the World
Vet pays homage
to laughing gargoyles
atop Harold Washington library
singing spring time in downtown Chicago
dreaming disturbed nightmare fire fights
eating daily rainbow cocktails
prescribed by psychologist
continues his dance
in living room park
next to loop train station
lodging complaints
through fatigues
telling dog walkers
soiling his green carpet,
clean that shit up
who do you think you are
leaving rice paddies’ children
begging for candy bars
hiding hand grenades
exploding in his head.
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