Ready Or Not
Ready on the right
Ready on the left
Ready on the firing line
Squeeze the trigger
Hit the target
Combat ready
Ready?
That target had no face
No heart
No feelings
Wasn't someone's son-
Or father-
Or husband-
Or boyfriend-
Couldn't stare back-
Ready?
by Stan Cooper...8/19/04 graphic by Don Hunt
Poetry by Stan Cooper
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Written on 2007-04-27 at 00:27
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