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Mark Biskeborn is a novelist:
Mojave Winds, A Sufi's Ghost, Mexican Trade.
Short Stories: California & Beyond.
Poetry & Essays.
For more details: www.biskeborn.com
SHARE Tuesday, May 30, 2017 The 99% Citizen Memorial
99% Citizen
When young he served in the Conservation Camps before the infantry
He had scant a childhood, sweating on the farm until endless military
The 89th Division taught him to obey, so he blended in, and learned a trade
He embarked in New York in a Liberty Ship to Germany
He read Stars and Stripes and felt afraid despite the medals
The glory gave him narcolepsy, frozen feet, combat fatigue and shrapnel