lb - good one
i came on the site to post the following work in the Halloween section - now - after reading yours - i figure we musta been linked in thought somehow - tell me what you think my friend
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PLEASE TAKE CAUTION - IT IS ABOUT WAR AND IT IS UGLY - READ NO FURTHER IF . . . . . . . you do not wish - ugly upon your morning - aplolgies up front
ugly
i thought i’d picture ugly
so i had to start with black
then perhaps light one candle
and live in a gunnysack
then ask the dear departed
to come and have some tea
if that’s not approaching ugly
you could make a fool of me
then i got to thinking weakly
what if ugly came in pairs
that’d be twice-as-ugly
ugly in two-ugly layers
then ugly came a’courtin�?BR>in two’s and three’s and five’s
flashed-pictures came cavortin�?BR>back in-front these old eyes
[rhythm shift]
there was fire where-it should be muddy
and mud where there should be tears
bone where-it should be feathery
feathers where there should be fears
a place god rest her thorny head
when death from life comes near
when young-uns not-knowing they are dead
as bullet’s-cr-ACK never reached their ears
and they call the battle-corpsman
‘come-up!�?- face the Scourge!
‘come-up!�?- face ghouls as oarsmen
pullin�?hard and chanting dirge
singin�?a requiem sung together
while strokin�?one-boy home
and you’ve ‘come-up�?to save his nether
‘neath the wrath of Thunderdome
you wanna picture ugly?
you wanna puke sometime?
you wanna stare into fetid air
of one-boy’s splattered interstines?
ok - i’ll end this story
‘cause most don’t wanna hear
‘cause war is most-times gory
and fought far-‘way from here
but - you wanna talk of ugly
where dark-imps are keepin�?score
hold one shattered boy from Dudley
as he SCREAMS - - - - - - - his last-dreads - - - - - - - of war
‘Maaaa-meeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!�?/FONT>
[zip]
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[corpsman-up - corpsman-up - medic - medic - medic - med . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty . . . . . . . ’]
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
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sing along with me
evil lurks in the mind of man
in the mind of man
in the mind of man
evil lurks in the mind of man
all the day ‘til the morning
run little children as fast as you can
fast as you can
fast as you can
run little children as fast as you can
all the night ‘til the morning
rain down terror on foreign lands
on foreign lands
on foreign lands
rain down terror on foreign lands
where evil lurks in the minds of man
slay my brother as fast as you can
fast as you can
fast as you can
slay my brother as fast as you can
all the way through ‘til the dawning
oh - - - - evil lurks in the mind of man
[repeat]
[refrain]
[stop]
[rest] - please
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with deepest regret for potentially upsetting a fine Sunday morn,
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