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“TODAY I GOT BETWEEN A BULLET AND A BROTHER, AND A DARKNESS THAT WILL FOLLOW ME FOREVER. I THINK THEY GOT HIM IN THE BACK. CAN HE SEE IF HE GOT BROUGHT BACK?” I LOOKED UP TO SEE THE MAN THEY BROUGHT BACK IN A BIG BROWN SACK. ANOTHER LOST LIFE AT WHAT COST? THIS IS NOT FAIR. MEN BARRIED IN DISPAIR. HE LOOKED AT ME AS IF HE COULD READ MY MIND AS I TRIED TO FIND THE WORDS I COULDN’T FIND. “SARAHS HER NAME. YOU KNOW I’M TO BLAME.” I’VE NEVER SEEN A MAN CRY. DEEP DOWN INSIDE HE KNOWS HES GOING TO DIE. ”I KNOW I WON’T MAKE TONIGHT AND I’LL NEVER GET TO HOLD MY BABY TIGHT. SO MUCH I’LL MISS WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE LIKE THIS. TAKE OUT THE ADDRESS AND LOCKET IN MY POCKET. WRITE TO HER, TELL HER I’M SORRY, GIVE HER MY LOVE, AND I’LL BE WHACHING HER FROM ABOVE. TELL HER TO TELL MY SON ABOUT HIS FATHER AND THIS GREAT SLAUTER. TELL HIM THAT A WAR IS NEVER WON WHEN SO MUCH IS LEFT UNDONE. TELL HER TO TELL HIM I LOVE HIM. I LOVED HIM EVEN BEFORE THEIR WAS A HIM WHEN HE WAS JUST AN APPLE OF MY EYE AND A TWINCKLE IN THE SKY. LOVE HAS DEFIED MY LIFE AS I DIED. THEIRS SO MUCH I’LL NEVER BE. GOD FORGIVE ME!” I WHACHED AS HE PASSED ON. ONE MOMENT AND HE WAS GONE. I DUG IN HIS POCKET, FOUND AN ADDRESS, FOUND A LOCKET, AND A PICTURE OF HIS WIFE AND BABY IN HIS WALLET. I WROTE TO SARAH AND TOLD HER ALL HE SAID TO TELL. IT WASN’T TILL LATER I FOUND OUT SHE HAD ALREADY DEVORCED, REMARRIED, AND WAS DOING WELL.
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