U.S. Marine
He left
On a Thursday
To a faraway land
Two years
He said
In a place called,
Japan
Seems surreal
To think
Of him
As a man
When all I see
Is a little boy
With long hair
And holes at the knees
Running wild
And free
A jokester
A prankster
A Pokémon gangster
But boys
Wake up
One day
To find
Their backyard
Has shrunk to size
Like a pair
Of tennis shoes
And video games
Are all the same
Like a Text, a TV
Or a Touchdown!
Fast forward
Through driving school
Dating dilemmas
Graduation
“What Now …”
“There’s got to be more …”
“Than my back door …”
So off he went
And there he goes
To a faraway land
Two years
He said
In a place called,
Japan
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