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Truckee
By: Thomas M. McDade
USS Mullinnix (DD-944)
USS Miller (DE/FF-1091)
It was just another
refueling
and no big deal
since we were pulling
into Bermuda
the next day.
All went well
until the hose
was uncoupled
before the Truckee
stopped pumping.
Sailors were sliding
everywhere
learning the value
of lifelines
and snaking.
It was as if our
worlds were
rewinding
our clothes
flying into
the sea
like enlistments
never happened
and the next day
filling out chits
on the mess decks
for dungarees
chambray shirts
skivvies, white hats
and boondockers
feeling like
new recruits.
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