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A broken 4th

They’ll not be forgotten
just moved along by the cops
they’ll mumble and shuffle
avoiding a scuffle
as the guillotine, finally drops

Fighting for freedom
commendations they earned and deserve
discarding their souls
in deeper foxholes
and always doing what’s needed, to serve

The days come and gone
Veterans now left out on their own
as damaged and broken
the politics spoken
but leaving them cold, and alone

We’ll bang the drum slowly
and march to manicured graves
we’ll sing all the songs
righting all wrongs
here, in the land of the free
and the brave

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3 Comments

  1. It’s shameful and horrible how our veterans are discarded like worthless flesh by our military system, and the VA is the epitome of indifference and antithesis of compassion that delivers the final dagger to their backs. 😐

  2. Ya, kinda like, “Look, kid, if you were dumb enough to give your blood for this ‘ere country, well then, lemme see….we kin find you an unmarked spot in Yosemite was it? Then I don’t know what to say. Excellent.

    • It’s shameful, it’s a disgrace, where we pose to look like we support our troops, when in fact we abandon them when they return, the VA is a great big joke, just like our Government 🙁

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