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Riding the Gears of Fate

May 3, 2013
By k00ldude224 SILVER, Mundelein, Illinois
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I brought back the fun in dysfunctional

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Courage is a game of Russian roulette.
Because in our day and age
Any fool who feels like it
Can buy a gun a use it
To threaten another man
Or to take his life.
But to put yourself in harm’s way
And know that your actions could cost you your life
To put your life on the line,
Not somebody else’s-
That’s true risk
And that is courage.

© Tatyana Z., Norwood, MA

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Inspired by "The Deer Hunter"
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