veterans

The veterans

JD Vance and Tim Waltz have in common 
they have served and can call themselves
veterans, which has a sacred meaning
They joined to serve and defend America's 
values of freedom and democracy 
We know that for the two above, it was
about further education, to join but too long
and get out when the going got tough
Still, they are veterans who served.
I think of the men from the many small towns
unknown by most people, they joined and
was sent to Vietnam, fighting a war in
the name for freedom and democracy
 they believed in what was said
When a platoon whose order is to take a hill
crawling with snakes and booby traps
they knew what terror was, black shadows
coming up from the earth, killing them 
They were heroes fighting a wrong war
The survivors are veterans if they
are lucky to receive a small pension
 when they are aged and dressed up
in old uniforms
we are proud of them, know what the
scarify is to die when the people in
Washington needs people who believe
in the defense of America, values  call
to arms