APO 96225 by Larry Rottmann
This brief narrative poem recounts a story in which a son is exchanging letters with his mother amd father. In these letters, the mother continues to pester the son about giving her more detail about what he is encountering in war. The son is quick to avert her questions and replies with something light and happy. The mother further persist and asks that her son to please give more detail. The son eventually caves, but when he does, the father asks him not reveal such gruesome details. This short poems is rather ironic because the parents pester and beg for more honest and detailed information, but when the son tells the truth, they reject it. After the son sends a more honest letter, the father replies, "Please don't write such depressing letters. You're upsetting your mother,"(Rottmann, 846). After this request, the son stopped writing honest letters and returned to letters that only hit the surface. This poem represents what was occurring during the Vietnam war. People acted like they were worried and concerned about what was going on over seas, but when it came to the gory details and the truth, people really didn't want to know.
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