It was the year of the assassin
the year of the monkey
Tet Offensive, Easter Offensive, Dak To, Hamburger Hill...
white phosphorous, hot lead
chopper blades, beating, beating
beating ourselves
a ripple in the rice paddy
a petroleum rainbow
The French
went oui oui oui
all the way home
back to delicate dining
fine wine, fat cigarettes
and Jerry Lewis
with his then-still-thin head
Beneath the earth
men in black pajamas
rule
their sandals flapping into the underbush
A lion can kill an elephant if it bites him once a day
The architecture endured
and we moved into it
— Larry Crist