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Gunnery Sergeant Stark<br />
Paul L. Greenberg<br />
You stop your wheelchair at the corner,<br />
violent hacking from your throat<br />
and dust belches out<br />
Dust from the deserts of Al Anbar<br />
Dust from the plains of Djibouti<br />
Dust from the mountains of Helmand<br />
You shake in your chair as the spasm<br />
rattles your torso<br />
and the stubs of your thighs<br />
bounce on the edge of your chair<br />
The fleshy fissures in your forehead<br />
trace the sleepless nights<br />
the sleepless years<br />
of humps, ranges, patrols<br />
of courage anger fear<br />
cigarettes and canned beer<br />
rifles grenades pistols knives<br />
angry ex-wives<br />
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