A Guyanese US Marine stationed in Iraq recently received
a "Dear John" letter from his Guyanese- American
girlfriend back in Brooklyn. It read as follows: "Dear Leroy, Ah
cyah continue our relationship. De distance between us just too great.
Ah ga fuh admit dat ah give yuh blow twice since yuh gone, and it
ain't fair fuh eeda ah we. Ah sorry. Yuh could return de picture wah
me de send yuh? Love, Gwendolyn"
The Marine, with hurt feelings, asked his fellow
Marines for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends,
sisters, ex-girlfriends, aunts, cousins etc. In addition to the
picture of Gwendolyn, Leroy included all the other pictures of the
pretty girls he had collected from his buddies. There were 57 photos
in that envelope.... along with this note:
"Dear Gwendolyn, Ah reel sorry, but ah cya
remember yuh nuh. Please take yuh picture from de pile, and den send
back de rest fuh me. Take Care, Leroy"
