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Sgt. Israel Garcia Leaves Afghanistan (poem)

By Horace Coleman

Home boy came home stiff.
Not like his new widow's upper lip.
"Fallen hero" said the local rag,
not "another one in a body bag."
Proud flag wavers hearts don't skip,
knowing they'll never take that trip.