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Feb 2011
Defeated mass of mangled limbs
Blood spreading on the floor
Tiny eyes forever unseeing
****** footprints to a white door

One hand on a Bible, a promise, a vow
Full lips promising lies
Claiming to do away with corruption
Voice falters, America's demise

Petroleum and sand, flames in the sky
Gunfire, explosions: the tenth crusade
Thousands lost, at first we begged
Now no one dares sing his acolades

Winter air hardens his breath
Does nothing to help a hardened heart
Most would say a gift, a miracle
A punishment you say, a life not allowed to start
Written 1/20/2009
Haley Valentine
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Haley Valentine
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