Charles Willeford writes about fucking sad little
Filipino women in the ass. He says a buzz-job is
a demeaning mechanical procedure. He wouldn't
take one if it were free. If a man has scruples,
he said, his only protection is to keep them to
himself. He had to protect his sensitivity
if he was ever going to write anything
first-rate. That's the problem with
hick lit. It can coarsen one.
He didn't make PFC because
he shot the CO's dog.
But eventually he got
a new commanding officer.
A transfer. I don't remember.
I'm still a buck private. Bucking for private.
A professional yardbird. Highest-rank-held.
A/1C with over-four-years service.
They let me join the NCO Club
at Turner Air Force Base.
I'm too old for the majors.
A workingman past his prime.
Take my time.