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| Monsoon Season During Vietnam War |
Monsoon Delight
by Loyd Cates
The rain is relentless day after day
Nothing you do keeps the ringworm away
Jungle rot eats at your crotch
All you can do is scratch and watch
You share your blood with the devious leech
They affix themselves where you can’t reach
While those nasty bastards suck you dry
The relentless rain conceals the sky
Just trying to eat becomes a chore
Go away rain, you relentless whore
The water flows like a flooded creek
I ain’t slept in a friggin’ week
Rusty gear will get you killed
Cleaning your rifle becomes a skill
But you better do it if you want to live
You only have one life to give
Big assed mosquitoes have one hell of a bite
They swarm your body both day and night
You do what you can just to endure
But they are a plague, that’s for damn sure
No matter how wet it’s always hot
This humid air is thick as snot
I am sick of this rain but it don’t matter
The mosquitoes and leeches just keep getting fatter
One of these days I will board that jet
Never again will my ass be wet
This relentless rain, months of it
Monsoon rain, I’m sick of this shit.
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199th Light Infantry Brigade D5/12
Also by Loyd Cates:
“I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do, and by the grace of God, I will.” ~Everett Hale
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Thank you Sergeant Cates. I can remember a period of 30 days in the early spring of 1969 when none of us in D/1/327/101 while on continuous operations in the field in I Corps were dry for moment, if at all, for a continuous 30 day period.
ReplyDeleteLOL... I too swore i'd never set in the rain and get soaked again. Yet, once again, I was only kidding myself as I rode through a pounding rainstorm on my motorcycle one night in Georgia. At least there weren't any leeches this time. :-)
ReplyDeleteAl 199th inf. 69-70