This Poem was Submitted By: JAMES H SCARBROUGH On Date: 2001-08-11 10:55:32 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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D.E.R.O.S.

D. DATE:              Depart date from a tropical paradise generally at the              conclusion of a one-year hitch in the Rupublic of              South Vietnam. E. EXPECTED:              To look forward to, likely to occur or appear. (Better              word choices might include Exportation Expedited,               however that normally reserved for pieces of men or              those marked with and 'expiration date' and zipped in              rubber bags.) R. RETURN:                To go back to a former place, better known as HOME! O. OVER:                  To be above, on top, passing above the surface, how we              wish this war, to return...over.... S. SEAS:              Continuous bodies of salt water seperating Southeast              Asia and the United States known as an ocean. DATE  "EXPECTED"  TO  RETURN  FROM  OVER  SEAS     "Oh God please allow me to realize my D.E.R.O.S. in one  piece. Still able to stand, run, walk, talk, pray, sit to take nourishment and pride in doing the job, not of my choice, but in the job choosen by You for me to do.     I pray You allow me to restore my faith in my fellow man, my country and in You.     More importantly I hope and pray You can forgive me and the troops for sins committed in carrying out these duties during our past tour. AMEN!"

Copyright © August 2001 JAMES H SCARBROUGH


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