Dear Maxie

M16 and AK47

The M16 makes a fast bup, bup, bup,

 It sounds almost like a burp.         

The AK47 makes a slower pop, pop, pop,         

You can hear each pop clearly.         

I learned to tell the two apart,         

I learned well.        

I don't want to hear either one again.         

Ever.

To this day, I cannot remember an exact incident when I heard an AK47. Note that to really hear a rifle sound, you must be close enough to be a potential target. I think that my mind has closed off those memories and just left with the memory of the sound. I can still hear the sound distinctly today, I just don’t know why.

 

I can never understand why politicians insist on making these guns legal for civilians. These things were designed for one task: killing people. They did that job very well in Viet Nam. I know because I typed the condolence letters to their families