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Aldo Kraas posted in the group National Poetry Month
Don’t ask me why
I am a child of God
Don’t ask me why
I am a middle class person
Don’t ask me why
I made friends with poor people
I don’t like the rich people at
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Read MoreBarbarous and 19I left for the warHunting insergants From door to door We gave all we hadThe sniper had more My friend screamed for his motherFrom the hot desert floor Id had enoughIt wasn't for me On my way homeHit an I.E.D Woke up from...
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Thanks for reading. A bit of a dark one.
Regards
James
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Powerfully penned, James. Another excellent write about the horrors of war my friend. The casualties are not just the ones who lose their life in battle. It’s returning soldiers and their families that carry those scars as well. Amazing read as always. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thanks for reading. Generations of damaged people. War is not what people want. Presidents and premiers choose it for us.
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James
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I can speak from experience. Many times the civilians are truly the major suffering. They didn’t sign up for any of it. I’ve seen enough back in my days that I learned what a crock of shit most of it really is. Politicians and profits and land grabs.
Great write, Knight. You don’t have to be a Veteran (or active military) to understand the plight of so many.
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Thanks for reading and comenting. Only billionaires and politician win wars. Everyone else looses.
Regards
James
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Sam Nash wrote a new post
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Read MoreIn a cage Struggling To get outHelplessBlind to the factA BirdWithout his mindOutsideWould not surviveTo and froHe flewLookingAt the blue skyLooking For the lightNot noticingThe deadly groundsWith all its houndsHe had heardOnceAbout the outsideAbout freedomAbout the past He fought To reach outTo reach That promised...
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Why wouldn’t he last? Being on his own for too long?
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You are asking a 14 year old boy such difficult questions…. Remember I wrote this when I was merely 14… after so many years I still do not have an answer
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Intense read. I feel it.
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thanks James… I guess I was probably a better poet when I was 14 then I am now… getting old sucks
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