[Agent Orange] [Lacksburg, Alabama, 1971]
His dull face showed a kind of vengeful shadow because he needed some inner self-satisfaction, a seemingly offensive self-satisfaction, but if not happy, and his satisfaction - this is not his nature, but it Still there, he found something from scratch, and now he can tell what it is, he has learned its name, ' orange agent. '
"They fired bombs and guns, I think," he told Li, adding, "I never thought about going through the war, I could only die from some mysterious infectious chemicals called "Orange Agents."' ;" He told Lee Evens that he leaned against the wall, his back to his two hind legs, Joe Montgomery from Fayetteville, North Carolina, that was the summer of 1977 [he added, more Yes, it has a delayed response, somehow #39;], nine years, then buff, all of a sudden it is there #39;].
"For me, Li is the last prosperity! Now this is the last part of my war. I think this is nine years ago. Obviously I am wrong. I am still addicted to me. My death is related to me. "
In addition, Joe [with a dissatisfied voice] added, "They all died around us, when we pick them up, check the documents in their pockets, etc. They are silent and discolored; the deceased is stinky, ugly, faded , bloated, just terrible." He said to Li, in the cafeteria.
Then Joe's hand began to shake, I meant to really shake, as if his system was automatic, like someone was shocked, his left arm, dancing in the air, when he looked at it, then Joe looked at Lee, Looking at him, "Look, I can't control it," his face began to beat, his legs seemed to pat, and his back arched. He had to put down his coffee and spoon and he had to wait for his system to cool down. He is no longer in control.
After a while of pain, he smiled again. "Now it will get worse every day," he told Li, Lee looked, unable to speak. If he could say what he said, he told himself.
"No kidding, I will die in two months, so the doctor told me that my lawyer said that when I went there, this substance was used by the military for experimental purposes in several areas of Vietnam. I am here. One of the fields, they are not sure about these effects, but they are completely here, but I am worried that my family will not see any money for many years, and it is under investigation that you know the meaning of the army? Listen, you Need to check to see if you are in these areas, I mean it has been dormant for many years, and then like a volcanic eruption, exploding for a day."
"How long have you been in the Army?" Sergeant Evans asked.
"After fifteen years, I will not live to get my pension; maybe now you know Sergeant Li [the spoon fell from under his finger]."
In strict circumstances, police officer Joe Montgomery still has extraordinary agility, his big black box, injured here and there, a smile on his face, knowing that somehow his fate can not escape, but in a short time He left when he was, he would not ask for mercy, or anything like this, let it imprison him, he did not sin, he was a victim, sadly said, "Too bad, I love the army, so it will be me very much I am happy to know you better. "Then I noticed that there is an American flag tattoo on his arm, under it, it reads," the American flag, with its glory!"
1-4-2008 [written in Lima, Peru]
Orignal From: Sad young sergeant (a short story about an orange agent)
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