what america has done to its veterans Matthew Sauer talking about those sickeningly-sweet summer memories siphoned sour through ‘Nam’s neglect before the heavenly House elected to repo a home, before handprints of ghosts gave this Purple Heart attack, before every 4th was spent remembering over & over & over again how to hide under an explosive sky; dreaming service was for more than a free Grand Slam every November eleventh, more than a sedative for the penniless powerless from the time spent just trying to forget.
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