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by Brian Belge 2009
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A tank moves out with that rat-a-tat-tat that Bicycle cards make
when kids stick 'em in their spokes;
Whirr, whirr...
 
Private Amina shoves her hair under her helmet;
A salty wash sponges over her steely gaze;
Blink, blink...
 
There goes the neighborhood! Goodbye privilege!
From boot camp to Boot Hill, the drill is the same;
Hup, hup...
 
The armies of one are embedded girl scouts;
Their names, their ranks, their televised horrors;
Ho hum...
 
Overexposure ought to slow the unflappable flags;
Instead, it fills the schoolyards with paper-powered tanks;
Ka-ching...
 
             
 

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