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stars and stripes 2nd lieutenant
commissioned officer of the United States Army or for short call him commy an indifferent nation’s browneyed hero on his way to Fort GodKnowsWhere when he got there they looked him over greedily They said If you want to die, hurry and sign-up. —I say, darling, did you hear what The President had to say? —No; —really I didn’t… —Well it was marvelous! “And I will not kiss your fabulous fucking flag!” Courage and boots crunch with simultaneous sound: _CRUNCH_ CRUNCH where the line equals perception. and statistics don’t lie they’re just defunct Still— i stand on the boundary and my mind is black with suspicion; i was moving through London and i saw the pigeons but failed to hear their rumours of war until i saw the flag on the back of his whitetruckallamerican Hecalledmehesaidbabydontcry i saw a rag lying in the dusty dirt road for me to dry my eyes: i noticed it had Stars ! ! ! And ! ! Stripes ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! goodbye!ohgoodbyedarling!goodbye! and what i wanted to say is, I already know about You Mister Death… |