years ago, instead of busting a passed-out Army private discovered with a baggie-full of Panama Red in pocket, confiscated the stash instead.
at the end of that 24-hour stint as charge-of-quarters, changed out of the sergeantly uniform, and got into running shirt and shorts with baggie in hand.
headed hard-paced out of barracks, down nether roads and up a jungled hillside.
heard the monkeys howl and spread the Red ( so many seeds, so many seeds) about, upon the tropical (
wonder now: how tall the plants, how high the monkeys are?
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