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Army Jacket
May 1, 2013
Trains passed by freely
No warning
No stopping the massive juggernaut
Drunk man, running late
Hearing the horns
Crosses anyway.
Metal against metal
Scraping and screeching
Half a bus being pushed by the brute force
A mile; fast
In the other
Death, impurity, screaming, and pain fills the children's souls
An uncle impelled to be thrown
100 feet, face first!
A bullet into concrete
Darkness fell on to everyone.
But only a little speck of light lived, when the impact was deministed by the uncles
Army jacket.
Broken, bloody
Half broken, half dead.
His favorite left side depleted
His favorite clothes now vaporized
Except his army jacket
Though now different
Though now scared
Today we still hug a hero!
© Alyssa V., Chicago, IL
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