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Dull Medals |
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Sit down here child
Why these medals never shine
They are tainted with blood
This medal is for the
minutemen
They spilled blood so long ago
To break away
from British yoke
This one's for the English and Huns
Blood red as the British coats
Who tried to keep an
Empire whole
This one's for Washington City
Burned
to the ground
Because to men would not speak
This
one's for the Alamo
Hundreds dead on both sides
Because their invitation revoked
This one is for the
soldiers marched
Utah to San Pasqual, and missed the
fight
A trail of graves in their wake
This one is
the brother's who fought
They couldn't agree on a moral
issue
Fertilized acres with their blood
This one's
for the USS Maine
And those killed in retribution for her
Of course it was a mistake
This one's for the men who
died
Because somebody killed a Duke
The War to End all
Wars
This one is for the generation
Society
changed innocence lost
Bloodshed and fighting circled the
globe
This is for the broken hearts
Of the loved
ones of the boys
Who fell on the ridge in the HAHK
This one is for the Boys
Blood and rice splattered
Claymore mines blast
This one if for the parade
Of
coffins down Main Street
That War always brings
This one is for the distant stare
Of the boy who can't
forgive
What the animal dared
This one is for the
sailors
Who sailed away from loved ones
Never to be
seen again
Now do you see, child
War is not
surgically clean
Shiny Boots and pressed suit
War
is the result of failure
When civilized communications
stop
War begins
Would you go again, Boepa?
Yes,
I would child
Some things are worthy
There are no
winners
Only survivors
And they have all been scarred |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2004
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August 27, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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