[Newspoetry] THE TEXAS HERO AND THE CONNECTICUT COWARD

[Mark Wilson]

THE TEXAS HERO AND THE CONNECTICUT COWARD

THE TEXAN CHOSE THE PATH TO THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD CHOOSES DECEIT, EVASION, AND DISHONOR.
THE TEXAN SACRIFICED HIS LIFE.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD SACRIFICING OTHERS IS RIFE.
THE TEXAN LOST HIS LIFE IN AN AIRPORT BATTLE.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD TREATS OTHERS AS MERE CHATTEL.
THE TEXAN BATTLED OVERWHELMING ODDS.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD TIMIDLY HIDES BEHIND COUNTLESS FACADES.
THE TEXAN SAVED HIS MEN'S LIVES.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD AND HIS DASTARDLY DECEPTION THRIVES.
THE TEXAN WAS EXPOSED TO THE UTMOST DANGER.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD IS NO MORE THAN COWERING MONEY CHANGER.
THE TEXAN KILLED ENEMY SOLDIERS OF AT LEAST A SCORE.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD NEVER SERIOUSLY HIS MILITARY RESPONSIBILITY BORE.
THE TEXAN SAVED A HUNDRED OR MORE.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD SIMPLY CHOSE HIS MILITARY DUTY TO IGNORE.
THE TEXAN HELD HIS MEN AND HIMSELF TO A HIGH STANDARD.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD ONLY CRAVENLY PANDERED.
THE TEXAN TOOK CARE OF HIS YOUNG TROOPS.
THE CONNECTICUT COWARD, AS THE LOWEST RECREANT, HIS COUNTRY DUPES.

FOR SGT. PAUL SMITH, BORN IN EL PASO, TEXAS, AND 'THAT' COWARD OF CRAWFORD, BORN IN NEW HAVEN, 
CONNECTICUT.

COPYRIGHT  2005  MARK H. WILSON
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