Lawrence Hall
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                   I Never Met a Harvard Graduate in Viet-Nam

                              “Now, soldiers, march away...”

                                        -Henry V IV.iii.140

I wasn’t the first to notice that salient fact
For except in matters of feed, seed, and soil
Farm boys weren’t aware of critical thinking -
We trusted our government to get things right

And still...

The children of oligarchs play in law school
Or sun themselves while on perpetual holiday
While the much-deceived children of the poor
In their patriotic obedience die

And still...

Now, soldiers, march away
Your betters are at play
On Daddy’s yacht today