Spring Cleaning

I had expected there to be treasure
when I patted all the pockets
on my old winter-weight uniform
before giving it away
but there was nothing

I kept the one summer BDU top
and the short sleeve shirt of my Class As
because I figure the only time
I might want to wear any uniform of mine
is in the hot, hot, hot of summer

I can just fucking picture it
me in my beard on Memorial day
with the sleeves rolled up
on my summer greens
explaining things to some huffing E-3

I’m still wearing the uniform
but he aint wrong to want to correct me
he just failed to unload on the right target
sometimes firing orders get mixed up

It's nobody's fault now