good solid build, this ripe young kid has sharpened up
for killing men, polished new shoes and uniform
not a bad sort "just came here on a whim"
and now our soldier boy is missing home
and now our little boy is dead as a stone
big toothy grin, peach fuzz on cheeks
snow-white combed hair, lanky physique
mobile, but awkwardly made-up
like some wannabe debutante
and now our soldier boy is leaving his own
and this old rag-tag neighborhood has folded and gone