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Question: Does anyone know a poem protesting the Vietnam War about a white man whom set himself on fire!?
I realize there is a famous photo of the monk that set himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War!.

I read a poem about a white man whom set himself on fire in support of said monk and anti the war!.

One of the lines goes something like, he swapped his pink skin for one of burning flames and in doing so, became Vietnamese!.

I have already googled, wikied and looked for this poem!.

I am not looking for songs or other poems, just this specific one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Norman Morrison

On November 2nd 1965
in the multi-colored multi-minded
United beautiful States of terrible America
Norman Morrison set himself on fire
outside the Pentagon!.
He was thirty-one, he was a Quaker,
and his wife (seen weeping in the newsreels)
and his three children
survive him as best they can!.
He did it in Washington where everyone could see
because
people were being set on fire
in the dark corners of Vietnam where nobody could see
Their names, ages, beliefs and loves
are not recorded!.
This is what Norman Morrison did!.
He poured petrol over himself!.
He burned!. He suffered!.
He died!.
That is what he did
in the white heart of Washington
where everyone could see!.
He simply burned away his clothes,
his passport, his pink-tinted skin,
put on a new skin of flame
and became
Vietnamese!.

-- Adrian Mitchell


Other Americans who self-immolated to protest the Vietnam war: Alice Herz, Roger LaPorte, George WinneWww@QuestionHome@Com