Cigarette Soup Page #5

hear you laugh,

'cause god knows he wasn't

tell you that joke.

Don't get me wrong,

when I first enlisted,

I was willing to jump

on a hand grenade

for any of these boys,

and I hope they do

the same for me.

But I got news for you, dawg,

ain't nothing in your contract

when you enlist says

your bosses will respect you.

So talking back to authority?

Don't do it unless

you like being sh*t on.

Even when you're in war?

Especially

when you're at war.

So you said earlier that when

you first enlisted

you were willing

to jump on a hand grenade

for any of these guys.

That's right.

Sounds like you knew

what you wanted to do

for a long time.

Yeah, as long

as I can remember.

This is where I see myself

for the rest of my life.

I mean, maybe not

in a shithole bunker,

but definitely in the army

serving our country.

Does it discourage you,

being here,

defending our country,

fighting for our freedom

with your life at stake?

I mean, at most times,

you're talked down to

like a child.

Nah, it's fine.

You sure?

I said it's fine.

Look, right now

I'm more concerned

with how much food

and water we got.

I don't know how long

we're gonna be locked up

in this hell hole

and I just hope it's enough.

That's all for now.

Sh*t.

I got five mre's left.

That means

if I'm eating three a day,

I'm gonna be out

by tomorrow after lunch.

That can't be good.

Mason's from the south

and he talks real slow like.

The boys call him lennie

because he reminds them

of lennie from

"of mice and men."

He's not retarded

or anything,

he just has this crazy

unearthly human strength

when you push

his buttons the wrong way.

He's the only southerner I know

who listens to Janet Jackson.

Seems like you're pretty good

at cleaning that rifle.

Pretty good? I'm gonna

tell you something, boy,

before I joined the army,

the only thing I ever cleaned

was my family's chicken Coop.

There was sh*t

all over the place.

You never forget

something like that.

I would clean this rifle

with my tongue

every single day if I had to,

if it meant I never had

to clean up chicken sh*t again.

You know, that's one

of the first things

they teach you

when you join the army,

how to clean a rifle.

They make you do it over

and over and over

till you get it right.

You ever shoot a gun before?

-No, I haven't.

-Yeah, I'm gonna

remember that

when we get back

out there on the field

and I need someone

to watch my ass.

Yeah, I've been shooting guns

since I was a kid.

Shooting all kinds of stuff.

You know, my pop

bought me my first gun

when I was seven,

maybe eight years old.

It was a Christmas present

and the next two birthdays

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