Saturday, January 2, 2010

Driving down a lonely stretch of Afghanistan road
It’s a tough life but it’s a war and these are the things you do
We see a person walking at the side of the road
He’s carrying a load of goods on his head
Jeb up on top of the Humvee starts firing the 50 caliber
All around the dirt at the man’s feet sprays up
He drops his goods in a panic and he starts to flail his arms about
Just like they always do
And then he starts that funny panicky dance trying to avoid the bullets
And then he runs and Jeb keeps firing until the man stumbles and falls
Just like they always do
And then we drive on but not before Jeb yells out some ethnic slurs
Nothing really bad…fun stuff, just to let the guy know we were just goofing around
God it’s a good life being a solider
It’s moments like these that you’re glad you gave up your job working with the blind kids
And joined the army….

1 comment:

  1. Can you expand on the type of goods he was carrying. I would love to fully experience the fullness of this imagery, but I can not see the goods...were they fresh goods or maybe rocks of sort...I carry all my goods in my pockets, so they stay warm

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