I am not Aeneas
I am not Paul
I am not a hero of obedience
Nor a hero of defiance
Nor a hero of any kind

My father on the deck of the Saratoga
When the kamikazes came in
Effected no daring rescue no divine commission
Just got his face blown off
And a medal depicting George Washington

Which medal he lost or threw away
The same awarded to his brother who died
Which one was the hero
The lacerated seaman or the crewman of the doomed B-17
The suicide pilot or the slave at Nordhausen