--tears--

      i was watching television one time, 
and saw something that still hits a nerve
whenever i think of it, here's what was on--


   it was a talk show, i forget who's, but
they had this servicemen on stage, with his
wife belittling him, for having trouble
readjusting to life without a war... she said
all he did was cry all the time, couldn't hold
a job, wasn't a man, merely a big child(no
wonder elvis shot his tvs sometimes)--

     i don't yell normally, and almost never
at inanimate objects, but i wanted too that
 day...if you ever do see a servicemen crying,
that's good news...it means society has got
something left to work with, it means he's
not all used up inside, and maybe, one day
he could be more than a trained killer, which,
despite his wife, and the audiences, amateur
opinions, is exactly what he is--

      it means if he had to tear your head off
for his country, in the line of duty, he might
feel something, on some level, someday...

  --hell slips away, but not on anybody's
time-table...you got to wait for a soldier
to come home(awhile after he's back)--

                            --best wishes to all--

  (rd)