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   1.

lootenant sed to sarge 

sum bad guyz r still in da ville 

so sarge told da patrol 

u gotta shoot ta kill   

2. 

da phos4us iz pretty 

when it lites da sky 

but when hitz da kidz 

it just burnz n burnz 

like a fyre dat wurmz 

n most of da suckerz die   

3. 

sometimes da suckerz crawl from dere homes 

all starvin n hungry n shit. 

sarge dont like it 

he tellz em where to shove it 

but after dere gone 

he sez dere kidz r cute—

u no, 

a liddl bit.   

4. 

da suckerz took a hit 

n sarge real pissed wuz screamin n swearin 

n sayin whatd dey effin expect? 

all smilin n wavin n walkin 

thru da perimeter 

n shit.   

5. 

da grunts of skwad 1 

wuz humpin thru da hillz 

dere werent no peeple

n the moon wuz cold

n da mood wuz spooky

n da war seemed old

6.

even da suckaz 

hooz eyes r filled with h8

look up at da sky

when they here da jetz 

n think

da fighters look gr8.

7.

da ville wuz blasted

n da perimeter broke

n da grunts wuz starvin 

while da flares for da choppers

burned bright

den snuffed out.

n all u cud here wuz barkin

n all u cud c 

wuz smoke

(First published in The Puritan, 2013)

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