not in euphoria
only the heart
remembers at all
heroes are killed
each day in Pretoria
we stand beside them
we watch them fall
touch me kindly
not in euphoria
only the flesh
remembers at all
touch me kindly
not in euphoria
the sick are dying
or getting well
Rockefeller's in
the Waldorf Astoria
we're in Vietnam
and Vietnam is hell
love me occasionally
not in euphoria
only the flesh
remembers who fell
only the heart
remembers the bitterness
only the flesh
remembers the pain
love me occasionally
not in euphoria
touch me kindly
and touch me again
heroes are killed
for less than this kindness
in Haiphong harbor
the mines are rain
teach me occasionally
over and over
how to love
and how not to die
to remember and
how to remember
how to ask why and
to ask why
teach me over
the noise of the bombers
that blacken out
the clear blue sky