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American
by Peter J Benson

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

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Dedicated to the American ideal in general and specificaly to USMC Major Michael Coolican


When I leave my family to fight
I'm American.
When I obey the orders from my Colonel
I'm American.
When I kiss my spouse goodbye:
I'm American.
When I tell my daughters "Daddy's coming home."
I'm American.
When I say "This war is wrong!"
I'm American.
When I walk in the streets
I'm American.
When I wear uniform I'm not a pig
I'm American.
When I disagree I'm not a Commie:
I'm American.
When I feel this has to be done:
I'm American.
When I feel this is wrong:
I'm American
When I have a choice
I'm American.
When I raise my voice
I'm American.


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Reviewed by Minerva Bloom 7/11/2003
Reviewed by Reviewed by J Michael Kearney 3/26/2003

As I said before, this is excellent. Very well written!

One small nit with the line, "When I wear uniform I'm not a pig" - could it use an "a," as in "When I wear a uniform...?"
Michael Kearney
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WOW. For some reason, I didn't see this. But then, truly...

It must be because of the bilingual brain-reading and comprehending on my part::::::however, I don't do that with poetry. I take the original-thought whole. And since I'm not an editor, I can only look for the original feeling to point me out--to the creator's direction.

Many times, I don't even see the 'literary mistakes' but then::::: look at T S Eliot and his playful, crazed play of words on how to bend our limited human languages.

Goodness. I am in fear of the literaty.

Minerva~
Reviewed by Lawrance Lux 5/28/2003
American is a view of life. lgl
Reviewed by Diane Hundertmark 4/15/2003
Peter my dear, it only gets better each time I read it.
Dee
Reviewed by Claywoman 3/26/2003
I like it Peter, when are you going to put it to music...
Reviewed by J Michael Kearney 3/26/2003
As I said before, this is excellent. Very well written!

One small nit with the line, "When I wear uniform I'm not a pig" - could it use an "a," as in "When I wear a uniform...?"

just a thought.

Fine writing.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader) 3/26/2003
Nicely done. Much we can do here that can't be done other places.
~E
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