Ken WilliamsCambria, California, United States WaitingWhite coats hustle bynurses of compassiontheir gentle, sideway smiles frozencombating war’s legacy Blood counts fallPlateletsWhite cellsRed cellsM.I.A.Agent Orange rages Gulf War SyndromeAgent Orange, Blueother colors, deadly rainbowBurn off trash heapspick our poison Plastic tubes stained redsucked intoveins corrupted with Dow’s tainted bloodMy bloodnot abstractRobbing denialit’s soothing salve Warpart of something…