Where’s Vietnam (4)

saigontoine — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:59:00 +0700

'Viet' by Harvey Bialy

An Anti-War slam by Harvey Bialy.

Where’s Vietnam (3)

saigontoine — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:35:00 +0700

The original text ‘Viet’ by Harvey Bialy

« The effigy of the body of the deceased is made by dressing a stool, block of wood, or other suitable object in the clothes of the deceased ; and where the face should be.»

If the deceased were a man Return to the house of death after the 49th day

If the family be rich Return to the house of death after the 49th day

If the deceased were a man

Continue to offer food until the 49th day

If hte deceased The corpse Posture So

If the deceased were a man

A man i kan Amer i can A man i can A Man

« The corpse after being laid upon its back on a sheet of cloth spread over a framework . . . is covered with a w.h.i.t.e cloth. »

Death in his back Three army surgeons

Working with Specially fashioned tools Carefully made A jagged incision in His back & W/ a forceps mounted on A long ox-goad ? Deftly removed The grenade Then Sewed him back Up Sewed up his back ?

The vietnamese peasant went home Slightly numb from the procaine But otherwise feeling fine

Death in his back

If he was a man

He was

A spokesman said It cd not be determined why The marine shot him A spokesman said It cd not be determined why American planes for The second straight day Bombed a friendly village A spokesman said It cd not be determined why Exactly the viet cong were And further that From the air Viet nam & viet cong Villages Cannot be distinguished

A spokesman sd

The viet cong carry off their dead To deceive us

If the deceased were a man Bury him Put a white cloth Over him

« the men who perform this part of the burial belong to a special caste and being regarded as unclean are shunned by the other Tibetans. »

even the bones the birds have stripped them of flesh are disposed of mixed with flour kneaded into a calcium dough

the birds eat it too

they will eat anything

now

the farmers that is

they can steal from the birds

the bodies even the bones

the score after yesterdays battle :

                     Viet Cong                           American

403 200

         killed or wounded          killed or wounded

The Birds : very happy but Too full To fly

A spokesman sd This is the kind of fighting we came here to do

A spokesman sd It was a stunning victory A spokesman sd The viet cong Can take their roll call in a phone booth A gi sd Used to be you had to stand in line to Use the toilet

A spokesman sd A spokesman sd A spokesman sd A spokesman sd A spkesmn sd A s k mn sd A s m sd The score :

403 killed or wounded vs 200 killed or wounded After three innings Minnesota ahead 4 to 2 & Sandy Koufax has note eaten for 24 hrs

The score :

403 killed or wounded vs 200 killed or wounded

A spokesman sd

Ho Ch Minh Ho Chi Min O Chi Minh Mao Tse Tung Mao Tse Tung

LBJ threw out the first ball ? Ho Min Nesota ahead 4 to 2

403 killed or wounded

200 killed or wounded

A spokesman sd

It is very difficult to Distinguish viet namese from Viet cong Especially from The air

A spokesman sd

The sky was unusually free of birds yesterday

LBJ LBJ

A spokesman sd We soon announce Wheter Lucy Baines Cd marry

A spokesman sd

It is very difficult to Distinguish viet namese from Viet cong w/ out a program

Minnesota was Very happy until The seventh game

If the deceased were a man Return to the house of death after the 7 x 7 th day

LISTEN SPOKESMAN

IT IS WRITTEN

If the evil is not recognized by the first day Nor yet by the fourteenth day

« The shapes of the Lord of Death will come filling the worlds system. They will come having their upper teeth biting their lower lips ; their eyes glassy, their hairs tied on the back of their heads ; big bellied, narrow-waisted ; holding the s.c.o.r.e in their hands ; giving utterance from their mouths the sounds of s.t.r.i.k.e s.l.a.y licking brains, drinking blood tearing heads from crpses tearing out the hearts they will come filling the world. »

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