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Apr 2019
The only lottery where I took first prize
was the  one that determined who lived and who died.
I might have been sent to Nam with a gun
had my number come up in Seventy one.
Instead our older brothers all
had their names inscribed upon a wall,
in gold leafed letters, incused in black,
that said they weren't coming back.
I have no tales to offer of battles I won,
That's because I was the fortunate son.
It is very bad family planning to have a child 18-35 years before a war
John F McCullagh
Written by
John F McCullagh  63/M/NY
(63/M/NY)   
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   Terry O'Leary
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