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Jan 2023
I never had a boyhood
I
just had a balaclava
which was made in
Sevastopol.

it was probably a knock-off
knocked out for a ruble or two
and
smuggled across the frontline
a thousand at a time
then
sold at the five and dime
at a healthy markup.
John Edward Smallshaw
Written by
John Edward Smallshaw  69/Here and now
(69/Here and now)   
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