Born near Hanover, Germany, 1947
Served in Vietnam, Army, 1st Battalion,
35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division,
and MACV Mobile Advisory Team 55,
Cheo Reo Province, Central Highlands,
platoon leader, 1968-69
A Curse Prayer, 1968, photograph, 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Poem accompanying the photograph:
I want the taste of all the tears
shed in Vietnam
on every politician's tongue
I want the sight of all the blood
to drown their eyes
I want all the pain
to flow through their veins
I want all the screams of agony
sounded and stifled
to echo in their ears
I want all the sorrow
to visit them in their sleep
and give them heart attacks
if that doesn't put an end to it
then maybe they're right
