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<a href='archives.php?PHPSESSID=ae8970d8df931c968d13e2e04b6d525c'>archives</a><BR>i found out the other day
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that you decided to end it,
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with meticulous organization,
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i might add,
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as is your style.
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three letters of explanation,
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of farewell
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to sister, to parents, to roommates
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arranged in a tight line
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atop the kitchen table
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along with a detailed description
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of where the body could be found.
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i found out the other day
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that as you sat solemnly in your room
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with god knows what going through your head
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grinding up a mixture of
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analgesics into a delicious
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death cocktail
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the same notes you laid out
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in plain view perfection
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allowed for a pre-emptive strike
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to save your life.
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first rule of war:
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never let the enemy know your game plan!
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sneak attacks, camouflage, silence:
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the tactics of a true general.
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i suppose you will never make
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a great general, but
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i suppose that doesn't really matter;
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you're a good soldier my friend, and
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i'm happy to not have lost you;
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be strong, be brave, be courageous,
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but most importantly, be alive.
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a good soldier must develop immunities
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both psychological and physical
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to the hardships of war;
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just as a fire walker must develop
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not only an immunity to the pain itself
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but to the idea of pain
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caused by fire,
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you too must rise above the
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destruction of the world around you,
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you must see that
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faint, flickering, remnant of light
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at the end of the tunnel that seems
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like an eternity away, and
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keep striving towards it.
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you are a good soldier, and
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we cannot afford to lose you,
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for the wars of tomorrow
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will be fought not on the battlefields
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but in the minds of those
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equipped to handle it;
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you're equipped to handle it.
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you're a good soldier, my friend
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so please
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return to formation, and
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remember the alamo.
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