by Karla/KLRabstracts before Chevalterre Nabil
20 June 2005
*previous publication on Virgogray Press' "Valium" Anthology
and June 2009 issue of Fever News - El Paso, TX' first gay magazine/newspaper.
14
JOINED THE ROTTEN OL' TIN CANS
a. k. a. R. O. T. C.
drills & drills 7 the comaraderie.
I love it
Do I get enough of it?
I'm failing Pre-Cal & Chemistry
So's I quit & keep the chloroforms.
19 1/2
RECRUITED MYSELF INTO THE NAVY
they call me a squid
a shellback I'll become
I love it
Goin' from green to blue
I'm losin' weight, keepin' in shape
2 to 3 hours a day to skip the lunch plate.
19 3/4
GET FLOWN TO THE GREAT MISTAKES
a.k.a. Illinois' Great Lakes
cold & windy
I love it
El Paso my home? What's that?
Service week in the galley washin' dishes & racks
A L. A. chola didn't watch my back
So's I broke my back. Can I make it?
almost 20
GOIN' ACROSS THE STREET TO N.T.C.
finally graduated B.T.C.
I'm completely lost
I love it!
So's I make out by the lake
& freestyle dance with a date.
20
EARNED A 2-WEEK BREAT & VISIT THE FAMILY
they told me they were improving?
I hate it!
they just keep on fighting
So's I party
'till my next duty station
still @ 20
FLOWN TO JAPAN, LAND OF MACROSS & SAILORMOON
nothing but colorful manga & anime
I love it!
because I can drink
KAMPAI!
So's I learned in Yokosuka
there's no concept of zero.
21
I'VE BEEN TO RUSSIA, CHINA, KOREA,
Singapore, Bali, Guam, Australia
I love it!
can't get enough of it, love.
So's I shop & drink & dance my liberty away
bust my arse 'till I hurt my back again.
22
I'M NOT THIN ANYMORE
the pounds I've gained -- galore!
I've been pushin' the Xenedrine!
gettin' my Anthrax & Percocet!
So's I shake in my sleep
Motrin's tasteless candy &
Black gum has Nicotine?
I used to not smoke!
22 1/2
SURVIVED SEEIN' WRITE & JOHNSON'S
live amputation...
because of 2, 4, 6, 8 -
thousand mistakes
We don't appreciate.
So's I shake in my sleep & dream of healing
I loved those guys
& hate that they're gone.
23
ONCE A MONTH, LEARNIN' TO DANCE SEXY SALSA
sleepin' with nice rich European men
I love it
get too much of it
So's I wanna find love
in the land of the crimson sun.
24
MY EX-BOYFRIENDS WANT ME BACK
I feel so outta wack!
I loath it!
Cannot stand it! ...
They can't love me...
So's I get peshed off my wankin' knickers...
So's I go ride horses cause they're
such good kickers -- Wooh!
24 3/4
SINKIN' LIKE ARSE
have no privacy? no liberty!
Everyone wants a piece of me...
I HATE IT
GONNA LOSE IT!
So's I stop:
... I forgot to jump overboard
I have 3 months left...
there is life after death.
25
BEEN BACK HOME
"Hell Paso" they call it.
I love it.
I missed it
So's I get some jobs
pay the bills.
26
WORKIN' FOR THE MINIMUM
these easy skate jobs & teenagers
call 'em careers?!
I'm bored
needing a challenge
So's I sign up for the Guard -- HOOAH!
26 1/2
LOSIN' WEIGHT, KEEPIN' IN SHAPE
It's too damn easy!
... but wait!!
I just turned 27
I'm in Kentucky's Ft. Knox
can't even go to the 7-11
I could run in El Paso
My body's in shock
I feel like a fatso
Recruiters & MEPS deprived me of training
I am in numbing pain
Pills & drugs come pouring down like raining
Lord Almighty
what have I done?
A WAR inside me
has begun!
Green to Blue
Blue to Green
there are some differences
I have seen.
Only one thing
just won't change:
That "Military Drug"
YOU LOVE IT
YOU WANT IT?
I won't be a hypocrite
tell you to not join
this is only
a fraction of my story
So's all I can say is,
"Getcha Some!"
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