I Was

I was

on one
knee helping
a detainee
stand for
the first
time on
his external
fixation device
when he
hit me
hard across
the back
of my
head and
I had
to move
fast to
stop the
Marine guarding
him from
hitting him
with his
rifle

later I
heard the
marine tell
the story
laughing
he says
that corpsman
must be
new he
hasn't learned
to hate
them yet

but he
will