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[aid] => mick
[title] => Soldier's Tale II
[time] => 2007-05-08 13:30:23
[hometext] => This is part two of a poem I am writing dealing with the my experiences in the war.
[bodytext] =>  Sometimes I just have to cry. I spent 10 minutes before I left crying As I sat on a bus Waiting to leave… possibly for good. I know not much happened to me directly. Really, it doesn’t matter… I saw what it was like, With the bodies and the wounded. Men flocking around the doors, Worry-wrinkled faces under camo, Some praying, one or two maybe struggling, And losing, against tears. Yeah, they’re tough guys But they’re allowed to cry. They’ve earned it with sweat And blood. And sacrifice. But the black bags come, DOA, an upsetting acronym In a job full of them. Another body in the corner Forces us to pause, for a moment. We move on, of course… “Can’t save the dead.” Another chopper on the pad. More soldiers, more civilians, Just more wounded, tag and go. Lost one on the flight, Because of the battle last night. Sometimes I just have to cry Even though nothing happened to me directly. I know what war is like And what it’s like to die. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 380 [topic] => 31 [informant] => TheSpiritx [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 15 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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