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[aid] => mick
[title] => To Be A Veteran
[time] => 2011-04-29 08:26:28
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[bodytext] => To be a veteran means to be a survivor Of pain deemed insurmountable Battling enemies outside and within, the same Entangled on deserts foreign and familiar, why so inseparable? A fighter is at constant odds with oneself when Victory is no respite, rather cause for the next engagement Exhausted, salty eyes and skin, the squeeze of looming defeat Thirst immune to hydration, but weak for honor Encourages feet to move when escape is the only break Really, to face the sun when home is gone is to know A choice to never surrender Never [comments] => 0 [counter] => 151 [topic] => 57 [informant] => Cheshire [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => war )
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