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ODE TO THE COIN OF THE REALM
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JOURNAL # 41 I once read
death is the coin of the realm
during combat
men in all their piss pride
valiantly soldier on in battle
to think of the vast courage and
the extensive training that must take
to achieve such objectives one is given
during a deployment
to achieve such objectives one is given
during a deployment
is almost unimaginable for a civilian
to conceive
it's a granulation of grit
tooled in such a way so to aid the
lethally trained spear to survive
and overcome the enemy's defenses
it has to be the breaking down of the man
and the building up of the fighting machine
a strip switch process
that enforces a very specifically tailored
outcome
boys go to war
but it is men that return home in their places
and we the soldier's country of origin
offer our patches of communal appreciation
for lives altered and or given in such selfless
sacrifice
by standing in tireless remembrance
out of respect for all the lives and precious
blood offered
to further ensure our country's freedoms.....
(June 13, 2014 951am)
