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They stand like soldiers
fall like toys
they march like men
and die like boys.
They are my brothers
were your sons
would be our husbands
if not for guns.
I watch them go
we watch them leave
and when they're gone
I cannot grieve.
The tears I thought
would flow and flow
have dried to salt
and froze to snow.
I wear the shirt
that has his smell
and hear him calling
me from hell.
I do not know
this war, whose choosing
I only know
that we're all losing.
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