HEROICS

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Red splotched faces
Watch the sun rise
Red soaked hands
Grope for a new beginning

Eyes peer through foliage
Fingers play with triggers
Nervous energy
Dulled mind

Enemy foretold
In the blink of an eye
Enemy vanquished
In a thoughtless embrace

June 15, 1996

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