Direct Action V 2.0

I own a

black t-shirt

that proclaims

(on the back):

**Disturbed Veteran

Do Not Approach**

When I wear it,

mothers clutch

their children and

I am rarely jostled

in check out lines.

You'd think

I was a *****

asking to shake hands.

Mostly, they pretend

blindness and just

walk away as they

did long ago

when the war ended

for them.

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