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I'm 76 years old and a combat veteran from Vietnam. I used to compose poetry while on ambush patrol as a way of staying awake on watch, since falling asleep could be hazardous to my health. I started early in life though, because, as a child, I would write little tidbits to my mom for the heck of it.

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Tell Me Why I Shouldn't Cry
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I Wish I Could Have Been There
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PTSD
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Ramblings of an Old Man
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Mother's Day
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Winners Never Cry
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My Best Friend
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The Garden
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The Fallen
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That Fateful Day in September
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Satan's Child
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My Thinking Problem
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Live and Learn
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The Dawn of Destruction
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When the Angels Come to Call
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A Small Act of Courage
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