Volunteer
The Sergeant yelled out that he needed volunteers
The last few days the enemy had been attacking on all fronts
It had been rough
I figured the Sergeant wasn’t looking for volunteers
To go get ice cream or to come up and get tickled
That’s when I usually volunteer
I love getting the guys ice cream
And I love being tickled
I’m first in line for those activities
Especially if the tickler is female and has a gymnastics’ background
So this time I faded to the back of the group
Badock, James, Louis and Dank
All put their hands up and stepped forward
Sergeant took them and off they went, out into the dark smoke
We never saw them again
Rumor was they were ambushed and all killed
I volunteered to go through their personal stuff
I was at the front of the group on that volunteer call
I got a nice watch from Badock’s stuff
A cool t-shirt from James
Some extra rations from Louis
And a pair of boots from Dank
I divided the rest of their stuff amongst the troops
I figured I made the best of a difficult situation