Vietnam ended in 1975.
My father fought angry
Back pain instead and
Repopulated with his
Careless offspring.
Children of a non-demonstrator;
Victims of his nonchalance
For any side.
“if it doesn’t affect me,
Who cares?”
Lost among the veterans
Playing in the sand for oil,
The new military retreats
From biblical history
And uncertain future.
My father asks about
His grandchildren--my children,
Vaguely remembering their paternity.
If all goes wrong, like Vietnam,
Who will their father be?
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