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                  ­                     China Beach Spring Break

                             “Remember we are special guests here;
               we make no demands and seek no special treatment.”

                                -A Pocket Guide to Viet-Nam, 1969

We called it China Beach; I don’t know why
Those wonderful beaches are in Viet-Nam
But apparently no Vietnamese were allowed
Behind OUR wire, along OUR beach, OUR surf

Shabby little snack shacks and latrines
And in his shabby little tower a guard
In his striped helmet and aviator shades
Yawning through his moment in history

The beaches of Fort Lauderdale; I don’t know why -
That’s where the young go now to die