by Tom Puetz | Apr 26, 2015 | Costs of War
Killing in combat is inevitable. In the Vietnam War it was a priority. “Body count” was the order of the day every day. To kill a fellow human is unnatural. The result of overcoming that moral aversion and killing a man is a – moral injury – an... 
by Tom Puetz | Mar 6, 2015 | Poetry
The Rain keeps coming More thick than strong Washing the chemical hurt from this hill Whose side we huddle on I release the reassuring pressure Of my fingertip on the trigger there I let loose my death grip Hug my weapon like a teddy bear I can’t say I feel safe More...