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WOMAN YOUR SON IS GONE TO WAR,WHAT IS HE FIGHTING FOR?IF IT IS OIL; THEN WHY IS HE PAYING FOR GAS?HIS COUNTRY; THEN WHY IS HE PAYING SO MUCH TAX?IN THE MILITARY HE SIGNED UP,GOT HIS UNIFORM AND A HAIRCUT,HE BOARDED A SHIP TO ANOTHER LAND,FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE THAT HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND. CHO.WOMAN BAND YOUR BELLY AND MOURN,YOUR SON IS NOT COMING BACK HOMEOR MAYBE IF YOU ARE LUCKY HE WILL,IN A BODY BAG LAYING STILL. HE SENT HER A LETTER EVERY WEEK,MOTHER READING THEM AND FEELING SWEET,BOASTING ABOUT HOW PROUD HE IS,TAKING CARE OF HIS COUNTRY’S BUSINESS.HE IS DUE TO COME HOME NEXT MONTHFROM FIGHTING ON THE BATTLEFRONT,HE MUST TO GO HOME AND RETURN SOON,TO JOIN THE SOLDIERS IN HIS PLATOON, A FEW WEEKS PAST AND NO LETTER CAMEBUT THAT IS A PART OF THE WAR GAME,THEN DING DONG THE DOORBELL RANG,IT WAS A SERGEANT, WITH THE NEWS FROM THE PENTAGONHE SAID MOM, “YOUR SON DIED WITH HONOR DON’T BE SAD,THEY’LL PUT HIM IN A COFFIN AND COVER IT WITH THE FLAG,TWENTY-ONE GUNS SALUTE, BAGPIPE WILL PLAY,BEFORE HE REST IN THE COLD CLAY.
RAS NEGUS TAFARI
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