Alexandria in a Seabag
The barracks is a university
So too the march, the camp, the line for chow
McKuen shares our ham and lima beans
John Steinbeck helps with cleaning guns and gear
(You’re not supposed to call your rifle a gun)
The Muses Nine are usually given a miss
But not Max Brand or Herman Wouk
Cowboys and hobbits and hippie poets
And a suspicious Russian or two
Tattered paperbacks jammed in our pockets:
All the world is our university
Nov 5, 2016
Nov 5, 2016 at 7:24 PM UTC
Alexandria in a Seabag
The barracks is a university
So too the march, the camp, the line for chow
McKuen shares our ham and lima beans
John Steinbeck helps with cleaning guns and gear
(You’re not supposed to call your rifle a gun)
The Muses Nine are usually given a miss
But not Max Brand or Herman Wouk
Cowboys and hobbits and hippie poets
And a suspicious Russian or two
Tattered paperbacks jammed in our pockets:
All the world is our university
Field Medical Service School, Camp Pendleton, 1967