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Lone Survivor

Lone survivor July 3, 2015 ~+~ I sit alone in my basement all hunkered down My faithful dog with me Because tonight is the night of firecrackers And firework, yep it’s the 4th of July. * My dog gets to wear a rap around cover I get just my basement, You see I am a lone survivor just like my dad He from world war 2 me Vietnam. * My platoon was on patrol when we saw some Kids playing baseball it was on the 4th of July So we asked kids if they wanted to play us Sure thing, as we were playing an enemy. * Patrol had seen us and hit us as we were playing baseball, I got hit in the leg and fell down my buddy was hit In the head and killed he fell over me I played dead as they check us over. * It took me three days to crawl back to base All platoon was wiped out but me. So on this 4th of July like others I will hate and hunker down as the damn firecrackers And fireworks go off…

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Date: 7/3/2015 4:43:00 PM
Your words speak with the power of anger and your mind set flows onto the page and we can reflect on the sadness of your message. Emile.
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