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Post by cabooseman on Nov 14, 2011 13:27:38 GMT -6
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY.
He was getting old and paunchy And his hair was falling fast And he sat around the legion hall Telling stories of the past
Of a war that he once fought in and the deeds that he had done. In his exploits with his buddies They were heroes, every one.
And tho' sometimes to his neighbors His tales became a joke, All his buddies listened quietly For they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer For ol' Joe has passed away And the world's a little poorer For a soldier died today
He won't be mourned by many Just his children and his wife. For he lived an ordinary, Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and raised a family Going quietly on his way And the world won't note his passing Tho' a soldier died today
When politicians leave this earth Their bodies lie in state, While thousands note their passing And proclaim that they were great
Papers tell of their life stories From the time that they were young But the passing of a soidier Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
He was just a common soldier And his ranks are growing thin But his presence should remind us We may need his likes again
For when countries are in conflict, We find the soldier's part Is to clean up all the troubles That the politicians start
If we cannot do him honor While he's here to hear the praise, Then at least let's give him homage At the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline In the paper that might say: OUR COUNTRY IS IN MORNING A SOLDIER DIED TODAY.
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