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*                                                        You *   can ****                                            your own men                                             in friendly fire                          And toss their bodies on a funeral pyre                             Or bury them in sand if you desire                                       Wrapped in barbed wire                                               dust  to dust                                                 still man                                                   You.
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Nov 20, 2014
Nov 20, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
War Teractys: You
*                                                        You *   can ****                                            your own men                                             in friendly fire                          And toss their bodies on a funeral pyre                             Or bury them in sand if you desire                                       Wrapped in barbed wire                                               dust  to dust                                                 still man                                                   You.
‘You’ was ‘Very Highly Commended’ in the Tetractys section. It was first published in Yellow Moon Issue 17, Winter 2005.
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Nov 20, 2014
Nov 20, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
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