they left this country
they left peace behind
in going to war
to distant lands
our prayers yet with them
going as they were called
on guard out in the world
protecting what we hold dear
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October 8, 2012
inspired by readings at Poets’ Corner
monthly poetry reading,
at the Suncook Senior Center
October 1, 2012
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