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Beginnings

In small towns where nothing ever happens is where it all begins

Suburban neighborhoods and televisions in their adolescent bedrooms

**** on their internet screens

Is where they were taught to love the sound of screams

When they were told to croshay they learned to tie knots

When we gave them a toy gun their mind's eye learned the perfect shot

Maybe when they were strung out on ***** they saw what we all really want

To not be alone in the front

They each had a curse

And the war made it worse

When they came back from hell their lives could never begin

Because they knew how lives end

Now they are lawyers, doctors, nurses, and crooks

But at night they take children, husbands and wives, and carve out and eat their insides

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May 21, 2010
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