the slow arm moves through dirt
I bulldoze a deeper trench
it's
messy
not in Nam
the dog gnaws Buddy
I can't move
until silence
not in Nam
my ghost
breathes jungle
enemy
napalm
girls
booby trapped
not in Nam
tunnels
hold the heaving earth the B52
not in Nam
shuffled cards for months so it all turned out
different
failed the medical the arteries my right arm branched a false reading for blood pressure they didn't follow it up I swam in the sea before Christmas
and sailed away in the stretch limo of marriage
without
seat belts