Lawrence Hall, HSG
Camp Pendleton in Springtime
Field Medical Service School, 1968
There was no warmth in our sleeping bags
Spring rain sluiced down the dark and through our tents
Decaying tents from the Second World War
The Corps would spend no money on tents or us
But
we were young, and playing at war was fun
We
kept our rifles dry but nothing else
And
yarned throughout the cold and soggy nights
Long
days and nights mud-fighting the VC
Sometimes
an hour or two of soggy sleep
But
in my pocket, warm words from my favorite poet
