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A Day In the Dirt

Silver lightening bolts taze the sky Gun powder casualties and yesterday litter the ground fear runs it’s own game choking on desert dust never thinking of living in a hole in the ground soldiers sleep in a cool pit soldiers die in cold pits of hell

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 3/16/2009 11:44:00 AM
War is indeed hell. I can't imagine it being anything but. Talking to a therapist over the weekend who deals with PTSD patients. My heart goes out to all those affected (how can you not be?) and their families. A hard hitting, excellent tell it like it is write. Love, Shar
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