Almost,
I almost feel,
Is almost the word
For that unwinnable war.
Next year will be twenty
Years – today almost two decades –
Since I waded into that one
With — Kipling would shudder –
Canvass-topped boots,
Almost the trooper that
Almost a year there would
Almost make of anyone lucky
Enough to survive it,
Which we,
Almost,
All did.
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Circa 1986 Memphis