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Today's War

March 29, 2018
By Nicolas-K SILVER, Tirana , Other
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I'm so good at sleeping, I can do it with my eyes closed.

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I run real fast

Gun in hand
From behind a blast
“We’re outmanned”
Machine gun fire
Help is dire
Surrendering now
Would be a crime
“Come downstairs”
“It’s dinner time”
My men die-off
I’m covered in grime
I turn off my monitor
And walk down the stairs

© Claire V., Lubbock, TX

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