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September 22, 2009

Soldier for a Wrongful Cause

No soldier is as weary


as the one for a wrongful cause.


Pressed into service


for the enemy


from an early age.


An unwilling collaborator


not resisting enough


to merit rejection.


Worn out from years of


fighting against a friend


and against self.


Without is rebellion;


within is civil war.


It is a fight to the death,


hoping to lose.

William E. Rushman, January 1998

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