Chapter V Sgt Macho

Sgt Macho approached to me after they killed all the guerrillas, and said,

A POW? Good we really made it today, another medal for our records

Guys, we weren’t expecting to rescue a POW. This is good, now

You are free again soldier, let’s go home, home of liberty, said Sgt

Macho. But I don’t want to go home, I told Sgt Macho, you don’t want

To leave this place? Why not? Had you been brain washed? Asked

Sgt Macho. Listen, you are free now, you are an American soldier and you

Coming with us, like it or not. Soldier, you can face a court martial

For treason during combat and collaborate with the enemy, do

You understand, soldier? Sgt Macho was pissed off, ready to eat

Out this American traitor, you are coming with us to our fire base

Camp, and that’s an order troop. Hey Sarge! Sgt Macho, you don’t

Understand my position here, Sgt let me tell you this, I’m on a

Special mission. I’ve got to stay here with my little lovers, or at

Least with the one that are still alive. Your little lovers? What do you?

Exactly mean by that soldier? Asked, Sgt Macho. These Vietcong

Guerrillas are nobody’s lover but our enemies. Green man replied!

Sgt Macho, what I meant is that I have to stay

With these little bastards to learned their way. So this is your so

Called special mission? What is this mission all about, soldier?

Sgt, this coming from the top, ok? From the top? You mean

Headquarters? No Sgt Macho, this is higher, higher? Division

Command? No Sarge, higher, you damn soldier, are you

Talking about the Pentagon? Asked Sgt Macho. Sgt Macho,

You just don’t get it, this mission coming straight from

The Listener.

            Chapter VI The Listener

The Listener? Who the heck is this stupid listener?

Sgt Macho, calm down, don’t get excited, be cool and

Lower your voice, because, the listener, is listening right

Now, Sarge. Green man, I’m losing my patient, with you

And I’m about to burst, you better tell me who this

Listener is, before I put a bullet right between your

Eyes. I’m starting to believe that you had became one

Of them. Ok, Sgt Macho, the listener, he’s the one going

Around, messing with us, he likes to write dumb stories

About us, he gave us names; for example, I’m flat jacket

Or jungle man or green man, because of my Vietnam

Combat experience. And this other fellow soldier from

Iraq war, the listener like to called him, Dragon skin,

Desert sand vet or camel desert vet. You see now, Sgt

Macho? what I’m talking about? Even you Sarge, the

Listener likes to call you, Sgt Macho, see what I mean now? Yes,

Green man, I see it, what are we going to do now?

Any idea, desert sand? NO! What about you jungle green. No,

No idea at all, Sgt. Macho.

I have an idea, says, Dragon skin; let’s just disappear

From the view of this listener. Disappear? What are

You talking about? Said Sgt Macho, while green man

Were all open ears, waiting for a solution. Ok, on the count of

3, said, Dragon skin, we will be out from this listener view

Agree? Agree, says all these warriors, ok, like I said on

The count of 3, we’ll disappear from this dumb story-

Teller, ok, here we go, 1, 2, 3, Poof! Poof! Poof!

May 20, 2007        Copyright © 2007

                                                              By: Monat