Sean Barnett, 'Enlistment'

[duathir.livejournal.com]

Enlistment

I did it because I was a horrible student. I—
Did it for the money. I—
or maybe it was so you wouldn’t have to. I—
did it because I lived in an ’89 Suburban
Parked in the alley behind a buddy’s house,
Where I bathed in their pool and
drank keystones in the moonlight. I—
did it because I-
didn't know what else to do.

by Sean Barnett