
(Apologies to Captain John W. Consolvo, Jr.)
Dear John,
My vision:
You were not an only love.
After mourning, She
Dug a hole
And loaded herself
With another man's seed.
Now another man's fruit
Joins ROTC.
*
That year:
My war raged with a love-
Child, conceived
On the tail of Purple Haze.
We rolled nickels
All through the fight;
Your blood arced,
Gushing.
You were not real then,
Just a nameless G.I.,
Wasted in the jungle:
*
Conned.
We were conned into thinking
The War would be solved by Christmas.
Oh, you never knew, of course;
You would never know.
But the steel part of me
Tells me all I need to know:
USMC 07 MAY 72 SVN VA
Engraved
Your name
Here.
_____________________________
(NOTE: I have worn Captain Consolvo’s MIA bracelet since 1991. I never knew him in life, but he lives in my heart.)
Captain John W. Consolvo, Jr. Links:
A Tribute to Capt. John W. Consolvo, USMC
Arlington National Cemetery Website
Consolvo, John Wadsworth, Jr. "Jack"
Capt. Consolvo's Mother Speaks of Hope
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