Manchurian
winds uknown to most mortals
never - forgiving
hurrican ferocity
(chill factor unknown)
- 40 F.

Somewhere South
of
Yalu River
North Korea
9 December 1950 ... dawn

I asked the rigid Marine

(age also uknown)
teenager or grandfather

the
Question
idiotic or sacrilegious
under normal circumstances
quite normal there

IF
I were God
what would you want
for Christmas?

His answer took almost forever

"Give me Tomorrow"