Bonus post today. Having discovered duplicate poems from last week, I’m posting the correct text that goes with More Marines:
More Marines
Was in Belleau Wood
More Marines died than all years
Before had withstood
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Contemplating service…
Please share your thoughts…
Contemplating value…
Remember Them
Noticed if they died?
We should remember them all
Heroes years gone by
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Contemplating sacrifice…
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Contemplating humor…
So Far
Learned to walk again
Four times so far. How many
More before the end?
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Contemplating de ja vu…
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Contemplating clarity…
The Technique
When the body fails
All that’s left is the technique
When physical pales
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Contemplating finding a way…
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Contemplating breadth of vision…
What Comes Next
Fighting thru the pain
Doesn’t matter what comes next
Face up in the rain
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Contemplating perspective…
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Contemplating luck…
Strange New
There’s something in the grass
Strange new pollen the boy pug
Losing foot pads fast
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Contemplating not again…
Contemplating nature rampant…
Rotate Blooming
The blossoms stunning
Trees and shrubs rotate blooming
Her nose keeps running
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Contemplating irony…
Contemplating discovery…
Then Back Again
Visit cemented
Away, hone, then back again
Feeling demented
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Contemplating homesick…
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Contemplating necessity…
Someone Has
Dark thoughts bring a pall
But someone has to do it
Resigned made the call
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Contemplating sadness…
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Contemplating dilemma…
Cannot Have
And so what to do?
We cannot have them living
Underneath the stoop
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Contemplating hard choices…
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