Combat Veteran
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This is war,
A cryptic whirlpool of souls and hurt
In which we have no friend but earth.
Earth! Earth! Earth!
By Alexander Thymmons
July 4th, 2007
(then, a rifle platoon leader in the First Stryker Brigade, Second “Arrowhead” Infantry Division)
On Patrol during the Surge
“Have you ever been abused?”
My therapist asks me this not knowing that one word commanded my attention
Abused?
I replay my favorite scene of Pretty Woman in my head
