Written By: Birl Brown
In memory of Sgt. Lefter
Hq. & Hq. Co. 2nd Armored Division
Mess sergeants have a lot of things to occupy their thought,
But, the one that finished him hadn’t seemed sought.
We often copied ‘funny’ by a homemade kind of pun:
“If I’m over here next Christmas, Gives it this with my gun,”
And we would point a finger, then, to target our own head,
In a playful imitation of an act of loosening lead.
The Sergeant at a game of cards, did twist his fated lot,
He pointed his handgun at his head – at a highly lethal spot:
“If I’m over here next Christmas…,”
then an unexpected sound
Brought a surging silence – softly – floating limb to limb,
The sentence wasn’t finished, but the unremembered round
Had punched into his memory – and had ended it for him.