Poetry

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By

Ben White

Hard to See

America has a way

Of letting entertainment

Allow her to forget

Her past and passions,

And no-one is held accountable

For the actions of their youth,

But Truth still needs consideration,

Because it’s hard to see

A Commander-in-Chief

With five deferments from military service

Spending Veteran’s day

In Vietnam.

Ben White

What Ben White writes is written from behind the wheel of a classic straight-eight idea rolling along forgotten highways with the windows rolled down.  His poems have appeared in various online journals from the As You Were Journal, to the Exterminating Angel Magazine to Dry Land Press to Creativity Webzine. He has a forthcoming poem, “Cold Warriors” selected to appear in Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, Volume 6. He is also the author of an e-novel, The Kill Gene.