(This image is from the website Planet Retro.)I bring you another poem from my friend Brian McLaughlin at Beej's Poetry Corner.
there are those who have never really grown up
they were no more than little green plastic soldiers outfitted with rifles and ammo belt as a child they were set up as to be in battle the foe was unknown it was just how we played what fun it was to pretend army the cold war was waging the threat of missiles Russian missiles so close to our own shores being launched from Cuba brought fear we were still young and didn't really understand the danger we continued to play army marching with sticks we pretended were rifles ready to take cover in the shelters we made in the vacant field we were still having our fun playing army now grown up many of my generation sit in congress they still have their toy soldiers they're no longer green the weapons no longer resemble the rifles of our youth and the toys they play with are no longer plastic they continue to put them to battle in other lands they are still having fun playing army
