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August AutoBio-The Draft and After

August AutoBio-The Draft and After

A tale of two cities, one in riot, one in love

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Gary A Schlueter
Jan 17, 2023
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Draft poem

drafted, dratted and draped,

prated, orated, derated, traded,

crated, grated, dated, rated,

rafted, grafted, garnered and gone.

    It was 57 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper called me in to play. I got my ‘Greetings’ letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson on the morning of Christmas eve. I think I was holding a salty dog. It came among the Christmas…

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