Why Soldiers Cry
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When up unending skies drew soldier’s eyes,
To desert’s night, celestial canvas glow,
He summoned stars to light-brush alibi,
To paint his place in war, long cancell’d woe.
With hand he stroked the moon to center front,
Then dipped the milky way to stand at ease,
Designed stray scattered light to image grunt,
And finger-painted air a shade of [...]