Purple Boots
Purple boots, he said
the odd phrase
clanging in his head
Purple boots, he'd bled
E'er since a poor boy
had tread in those colors
for his warrior gang
Purple boots, he nearly sang
as bullets strafed him
the odd phrase
to caskets clanged
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