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Jun 2013
A lion on my left
a tiger to my right
they're sweet
house cats in all actuality
wouldn't harm a fly

until the titles come
and stereotypes must be
perpetuated

so they
with their personalities stripped
keep their vicious reputations
alive
**** for their names
the title that begs them to

"soldier."
*This is based off a picture I saw in a history lecture.  It got to me and I started writing. It address the humanity of the soldiers fighting, and if they were truly present in that moment or not.*
http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/-images/2008/10/21/24095/army.mil-2008-10-21-053504.jpg
(2013)
R W
Written by
R W
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