Kenneth L. Boling
"Bandit DG  #133"   6/70-11/70

SECRET AGENT

I AM AN AGENT, SILLY BUT TRUE
I'VE BEEN SPRAYED THRU & THRU
FOR THE GOOD OF THE
RED WHITE & BLUE
I AM ALIVE AS HELL
LIVING IN SOLDIERS BODIES 
IS WHERE I DWELL
AS MANY THAT HAVEN'T YET FELL
I AM A SECRET AGENT
EVEN THE GOVERNMENT WON'T TELL
BECAUSE YOU SEE
I WAS BREWED IN HELL
SILLY BUT TRUE
TIME IS ALL I KNEW
NOW I'M KNOWN
AS AGENT ORANGE!!
I STAND NOT ALONE
FOR THE GOVERNMENT HAS
BROUGHT ME HOME
IN BODIES RATHER THAN BARRELS
NOW I'M KNOWN BY THE BRAVE 
SOLDIERS WHO BROUGHT ME HOME
SILLY BUT TRUE
I WAS A SECRET AGENT
JUST LIKE YOU
NOW I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
TIME IS ALL I KNOW
THAT ALLOWS MY
DISEASE TO GROW
YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED ME
BEFORE I GREW IN YOU
NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE
YOUR MIND AND STOP
FURTHER AGENTS OF MY KIND!!
(DIOXIN)

1st poem I ever wrote July 78 after hearing that Maude DeVictor blew the whistle on Agent Orange, from a Chicago VA Hospital. I just knew in the back of my mind that orange had something to do with a lot of problems.  It too was something I was personally involved with in VN. So began my poetry writing, WAR , We Are Ready!!
KLB