Darkness creeps into light The rough beast Waiting to be born To chronicle The end
Category Archives: Books
Swear to obey
Saturday, February 15, 2025
A civilian swears an oath. To support and defend the constitution. Against all enemies. Foreign and domestic. He swears to bear true faith and allegiance to the same. And in the same sentence, he swears to obey the President. So help him god. And now he’s a soldier. Well, not yet. But he’s sworn the […]
Catch-22
Saturday, February 8, 2025
I’m going Yossarian watching it all play out on TV like this is normal
Year of the Snake
Monday, February 3, 2025
I was an unlikely soldier but as a soldier, I learned: Life is brief. Eat when you can. It’s a big world. Most of it is falling apart. The rest of it already has. You can never have too much ammo. And. Ammo isn’t as important as you might think.
Liberty, Statue Of…
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
I mean, I’ve been drinking for a week. But Twenty years ago, after soldiering for a while, I drank in Iowa City And read about our nation swinging its torch spreading fire. And asked, Is it too late to quit?
Pardon Me
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Because in America Anybody can pretend to be a soldier. They can buy the uniform They can buy the weapons. And march on the capitol. Here’s the thing about being a soldier. It’s cold and wet, hot and muggy. You don’t ever sleep. And it used to mean something.
Red in the Morning
Thursday, January 23, 2025
A man once had a dream. He spoke on it. A dream is just that. A dream. Blown away awake. And now we wake History is smoke. The now is on fire.
Toxicity
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
I grew up Catholic. I joined the Army. I went to college. Now I work in trucking.
Dear President-Elect
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Good Conduct Medal The Medal is circular. It depicts an eagle holding a sword, resting on a book. The words–Efficiency, Honor, Fidelity–surround the reading Eagle. Not that you know the meaning of the words Honor, Fidelity, Efficiency, reading, book, eagle, medal, circular, president, elect. Mr. President-Elect, I have two Good Conduct Medals. You have none. […]
so it goes
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
We deserve so much worse than what’s coming for us. Our best inventions invented to kill each other.