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I remember Kent State and how it changed my life.<\/div>\n
Had a pass from G.I. training, was in Frisco with my wife.<\/div>\n
When I saw it on t.v., I said I can’t go back.<\/div>\n
Supposed to save our country, baby, not go on attack.<\/div>\n
She flew east, I’d follow soon, and in the airport then,<\/div>\n
I saw Ravi Shankar and the great Doctor Spock, Ben.<\/div>\n
Realized these were signs of changing times and hit the road.<\/div>\n
Slept that night at UC Berkeley, took the fork that bode.<\/div>\n
It was June before I hit New England’s salty shores.<\/div>\n
I was called deserter then, ranked somewhere below whores.<\/div>\n
When I turned myself in, I was hollowed out by wrath.<\/div>\n
Their view from a different lens was drugged sociopath.<\/div>\n
And so I was locked in awhile with madmen and drug addicts.<\/div>\n
Mostly I just stood and stared, didn’t cause much static.<\/div>\n
In September, I was tossed out, next month had a son.<\/div>\n
Yes, I remember Kent State as a soldier with no gun.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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