The Admiral's House Has Wide Picture Windows
Roomed in the gorgeous house: sons as a waste of space.
Dad had those boys too late, self-important cocks akimbo
Always trying to nail the commodore's daughter, finally
Sent to private military schools after getting off scot-free
On dad's rank one-two-three many times, while base security
seethed. But what do you want? Them in the gorgeous house
and us in the concrete block homes, them with the beauty
queen moms and the wide picture windows that look out
on the sea, them with their Filipino houseboys attending
dad's three stars, it's too much and even the little girls
playing outside enlisted quarters can see it, squinting
into the heat and crash of a sunset with squadcars: those boys
won't amount to a pinch.
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