Marine Vignette #130, "Happy Birthday Marines," By Richard Roberts

From: Richard Roberts <robfrat@connectexpress.com>
To:gunnyg@hotmail.com
Subject: Happy Birthday Marines
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:27:16 -0800
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THE BOY WHO LIVED HERE

An empty room with a lonsome look
A radio, mute and an unread book;
No more clothing to clutter the floor...
The boy who lived here has gone to war.

His pals don't come to visit at night,
Because they are with him in the fight;
No more "send me" and "raise you four"...
The boy who lived here has gone to war.

No more zoot suits or sharpy kifs,
No more parties or yelling kids;
No more dancing on palor floors...
The boy who lived here has gone to war.

The house seems empty, and cold and dead,
No more fighting to get him out of bed;
And things are not what they were before...
Since that boy who lived here has gone to war.


Bill Pierce
6th Marine Division , veteran of Okinawa