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by Wetdryvac
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A Moment in War
November 12, 1991
I just killed another man
my brother in arms
one of us had to die
or so we were told by the ones who sent us out
had to destroy the enemy
shoot to kill
and we never looked askance
hear the call my brother
reload fire reload again
hear the screams of rounds that laugh casually by
the ones that laugh are your friends
coming just close enough to greet you
like clumsy puppies, bouncing and panting
trained to feed upon your bones
this is not the right choice
so cried the warriors of peace
but you heard them well, missing the silence
of the round that erased you
how strange...
we cast ourselves unknowing from every precipice
full sure the ground below us gone
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