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Hurricane force twelve
I spent many years at sea, 35 or so. One time we were caught in a force twelve hurricane in the bay of biscay. Our ship was 53.000 tons, but the seas...
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Bells o'clock.
Bells o'clock. They ran wild in woods Full of bears And carried bells And pepper spray To keep the bears at bay They knew no fear The road was clear...
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Keep reading
Keep reading.. Don’t be the fool. I saw a man who had no teeth. Sneaking round the library, looked like thief. One eye cast to the floor The other,...
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Always the hands.....
Check the bolt Check the bolt For action Hands slip and slide Mud and sweat Sweat and mud “Alright mate” “Aye” “Alright mate” “Aye” “We’ll be alright...
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It's Only Life - A Short Walk Through Panama
Its only life. We walked from a black freighter with a crossbones at its mast und fűnzig canonen. We flowed down the broken street, feet dropping...
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Thank you brother.
Posted on Sat, 06 Mar 2021
I think he would be proud to be a US serviceman. But he would have followed my path into war. I've posted a series of poems about one of my wars. "The Falklands". But he was a peaceful guy and serving wasn't for him, he was destined for Oxford...
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Beautiful
Posted on Mon, 30 Nov 2020
A beautiful soul searching piece, it carries so much love intertwined with the pain, but you reach out to evryone who reads this and offer them love, I can feel it. There is so much reality in this that only a few can truely feel in many ways. ...
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Mines are a horrible weapon.
Posted on Sun, 24 Jan 2021
People badly misunderstand mines. Theyre a psychological weapon, if you stand on one, someone has calculated just the right ammount of charge to take a leg. (Who does that, those calculations? So then a mans screaming, two maybe more friends have...
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Fuck
Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021
Thank you, when you write this it has to be at the right moment, as you write, your back, the smells, sounds, cracks of rounds missing your head, remembering you had to remind yourself to breath. The fear and your mates faces. Writing does help,...
Read full commentPosted in A muddy f+++++g hill. Falklands Three.