#I-RedWhiteBlueBlueRedWhiteWhiteR edBlue

#X.

The stripes in the window,
our american flag, passes
out fear as a personal favor.
Do not feel so bold, or feeling
damm cold, my blood pressure's
hooked up to CNN. It spikes,
draws a fever, my outlook in the window,
my little 'ol finger won't save this dike.

RedWhiteBlue,
RedWhiteBlue,
fucking with my head,
if I end up dead
it will not be
by personal choice.

Desert scences are not
as pretty as the ocean's
is to me. Wearing camo,
that has no designer tag,
i've smoked my last
american cigarette, maybe
Cuba's are better? How
comes there are no whores
in this war? History has not
saved me, Betsy Ross would she
be so inspired? Letter written,
will i get to send, just one more?

BlueRedWhite
BlueRedWhite
BlueRedWhite
fucking with my head,
if I end up dead
it will not be
by personal choice.

Invaded a people,
raped their country.
Why does our flag, that
I grew up loving, wave
over decimated homes?
The road we pave
have become tombstones,
for my best friends,
that I consider family.
The stripes in the window,
our american flag, passes
out fear as a personal favor.

WhiteRedBlue
WhiteRedBlue
WhiteRedBlue
fucking with my head
if I end up dead
it will not be
by personal choice.

Fucking with my head
if I end up dead
it will not be
by personal choice.

Gary Carter

god dam this is the greatest poetry i've ever seen. pearl jam should play this as a song.this poem is so anti-war and sums up life as an american soldier in iraq.i thank you for your service in iraq