at
age 84, raymond sits at home
by
his computer day trading
pretty
damned good at it too
retired
from years with
stock
investment firm
a
good living
could
have been a priest
fell
in love with josephine instead
married
50-some years
raised
five kids nice two storey tudor
in
park ridge
army
veteran medals in the
top
dresser drawer
combat
infantryman badge
bronze
star expert marksman
good
conduct various campaigns
fought
in the battle of the bulge
survived
world war II,
drinks
a few gin martinis before dinner
still
has nightmare dreams on
occasion
machine gun and
small
arms fire hand grenades
and
artillery shells exploding
mutilated
and dismembered bodies
lots
of blood rivers of blood
frozen
in the snow
the
ardennes belgium december 1944
war
is hell over and over you never outlive
the
images do you raymond
the
bell has rung and the market is closed
day
trading is done, it’s quiting time
cheers
at age 84 here’s to all the years
you
deserve another martini
before
you go
beefeaters
one olive as I recall.
-30-
Chris
Hanch 2-7-2020
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