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The Great War

                                                                                         

The sound of gunshots is deafening, 
Echoing throughout the battlefield, 
Young soldiers struggle to evade the face of death; 
Some win, while some yield.

Bodies of men and women lie on the ground, 
All of them bloodied and battered, 
Their faces frozen in silent screams,  
All their hopes of retu...

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The Real America?

Perhaps it was for decades held in check

By solid types who played a proper game,

But just behind this smokescreen did there lurk

An angry monster with no heart or shame?

 

Do we now see America for real,

Which kicks the sand in every weakling’s face,

Which flexes up its booster-bulging pecs,

Whose leaders think they own the global space?

 

Discretion and that old-wor...

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Soullessly starring into the air

As her body laid lifeless

All this time the Stifled screams

Shut away to keep them at bay, 

Any chance to show remorse

Shut down and accused of lies. 

 

If I could tell you one last thing

I love you would be the words to say,

Now I can't see you again

I see the truth that was buried within 

I can't help but blame a part of me

As ...

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