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                               Veterans’ Cremation Benefits

                                    -Ad on the InterGossip

AMTRACS with gas tanks beneath the floor
White phosphorus grenades gone bad, gone wrong
The Parrot’s Beak burning throughout the night
******, burning flesh, screams, horror, death

A burnt man flailing about in agony
And where the hell is that dust-off now?
Copper sulphate, Sulfamylon, Kerlix, Telfa pads
We know about cremation well enough

But now tell us about our benefits