letters

why do they call them letters
are they a b or c
or those writings we send by snail mail
i guess some make others
maybe they even meet others
on the program mash
a classroom of children send letters to their unit
it becomes a soul searching journey for each doctor
each child has questions that haunt their very being
each doctor responds with real
their own soul searching story
hawkeye
received a letter from a boy
who's uncle was patched up in a medical unit
then sent out again and was killed
why? 
was the boy's question
and then
i hate what you are doing there
hawkeye had no answer
asked father mulcahy
who mentioned his own soul searching letter
hawkeye was on his own
and then a civilian was brought to 4077
hawkeye and hotlips fix him up
save his life
hawkeye is ready
to write his letter

denis streeter   3/31/20