Poems About Love, War and Just for Fun

Vietnam

Gray lead and shiny yellow brass
Pushing death
From a stainless steel gun
Thats not made of flesh:
Its integral parts lubricated
By oil and grease
To withstand the heat and humidity,
But what is there to erase
The red stain
On white cloth that covers
The pain
On a moving part of anatomy
Or the look on a human face?