We Are The Sons And Daughters And Brothers And Sisters (to all those who came home from Viet Nam)

by Doug Draime

We are the sons and daughters and brothers and sisters of

James Dean, Elvis Presley and
Marilyn Monroe.
We learned to chew nuclear tobacco and
spit in the eye of the
status quo.

We have survived the Vietnam era (and numerous other atrocities)
to become your senators,
your merchants,
your drug addicts
your drug dealers
your corporate moguls,
your drunks,
your welfare shams,
your doctors,
your murderers
your lawyers
your garbage men,
your prostitures
your teachers,
your homeless,
your artists,
your poets

We have all come triumphant and
betrayed from the
murderous 1960’s.

We are the sons and daughters and brothers and sisters of

Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and
Che Guevara

We have torn the veil from hypocrisy,
we demand freedom from
captivity.

We have watched millions starve while
churches and temples and mosques feed the
already well fed

We have watched insanity become the norm,
we have listened to the lie become the
worshipped and cherished truth.

We are the sons and daughters and brothers and sisters
(who came home from Vietnam)