The wind suddenly picked up
by about five miles an hour and it was
a little too cold for June in Lejeune.
Black as fuck clouds came out of nowhere
Low and fast
You could smell the rain coming
on day two of the ten day field exercise.
The Devil whispered in his ear
“You’re not strong enough to withstand the storm”
and Parsons laughed back and said
“Dude, I’m so fucking Internal”
Mason Rodrigue is a former USMC machine gunner and author of the poetry collection Rock Eater. Listen to our interview with Mason on the Savage Wonder podcast here.
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