Keep Something to Eat

The 'Nam Issue 12

ben suc     ben suc    

              ben suc

pronounced bazook

            dear mom

finest way to see vietnam

   float       above    bombs

explode    blue halos

      lush      gas stoves

   greens and soil           wok toss

       nam out     here

carved    out   by   artillery

remember        mom

 
     whatever brass         wine pairs

    killed a   cyclist  wearing black   blouse

vc label vc label vc label

         wait maybe the blouse         lavender

no black if he's black shoot shoot shoot

     until conical hat    runny egg

  merlot bottle       froths  

         aged blood      uncorked neck

       cooking       villages

About the Author

Jeffrey H. MacLachlan also has recent poems in The Penn Review, The Greensboro Review, and the New York Quarterly, among others. He is a Senior Lecturer of Literature at Georgia College and State University.