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Reenactments - Hai-Dang Phan
SMALL WARS
It was my turn to play dead, so I zipped up my flight suit
and monkeyed into the cockpit. Larry, Tobias, and Tim formed
the commando unit. Alfredo got the shaft again and played Charlie
all by himself. Wasting no time, they slipped back into the woods
like ghost soldiers and waited for the signal. Sunlight bombed
the forest floor. I pulled the pin on the smoke grenade, tossed it
under a tremendous wing, then slumped over my aircraft like a limp ragdoll.
In minutes, the shooting began. All hell broke loose, as planned.
Someone sprayed blanks into the enemy trees, laying cover for the others.
I could hear the branches and twigs snapping under the boots of my rescuers.
Someone radioed for helicopters and Phantom jets that would never materialize.
Pinecones dropped from great invisible heights. Black smoke seeped
into my eyes and blood rushed to my head and dangling arms.
A giant cicada singed the air with its emergency song, too late too late.
When I came to, the stars in my jungle burned like sodium flares.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF REENACTMENT
On day one the photographer walks into camp
and immediately starts shooting. She shoots us
at breakfast eating our C rations, in our hammocks
reading Stars and Stripes. She shoots us in her sleep.
When we first cross paths at the creek, she says,
"Hello, Tiger! Nice combat boots. Is that thing real?"
pointing to my Special Forces jungle shirt.
I’m afraid so,
I say nonchalantly, trying to mask
my satisfaction. Day two: no more messing around.
The photographer has agreed to join the action.
So what’s the scenario?
A lone guerrilla left over
in a booby-trapped village jumps out of a hidey-hole
and ambushes the platoon on a search-and-destroy.
Good thing I brought my black pajamas and sandals!
What a trooper. She also plays the captured prisoner,
the native informant, and the beautiful turncoat.
The sniper girl is her favorite role because
it’s like taking pictures. The beauty, the beauty!
Her voice volleys spookily from behind some rocks
as she picks off one of my men after another.
Sometimes the photographer shoots herself.
I know she has her own personal baggage—
later I find her sobbing in the bamboo grove.
I tell her it’s okay, these wars only last three days.
What will you do when it’s all over?
she