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PROXY WAR By Tom Jensen
“Son, it’s the final battle…
Another man just fell dead
You can hear the death rattles
They’re slaughtering us like cattle”
His broken and rusty voice said…

Yeah, out of the blue this guy with stripes
And a head full of graying hair, you see
I saw him looking at me like he
Had something to say I could tell 
By the look on his face and his stare

That’s when I turned 
And started walking away
But I soon learned 
My intuition was working today
And that’s rare

Hey there my man:
I think you’d look good 
In a green uniform
Whose side are you on 
In this latest proxy war?

Where do you stand? 
Do you even know 
Which side that you’re fighting for?
Now they let you decide…
Didn’t you read and fill out the form?”

I asked the man near me: So how did you choose? 
He said he flipped a coin since he had nothing to lose
Said he loves taking orders and loves taking abuse…
In fact he said he woulda been the first one to join… 
Had he only knew

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