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Soldiers Sleeping Beneath a Bust of Father Abraham
In the Capitol exhausted
soldiers sleep
Beneath a bust of Abraham
Lincoln
And a sign that reads:
“Cameras and related gear
Not authorized in this
area.”
After days of transports
and formations
Of stringing wire and
policing the area
Of orders and marches and
lines for the head
And maintenance of all weapons
and gear
They sprawl just any
whichaway on a floor
To be mocked with sneaky
MePhone photographs
“Is that all our overpaid
soldiers do? Sleep?”
And stepped around by
those whom they protect
Insolent civilians might
not give a damn
But our soldiers are blessed
by Father Abraham
(Based on a photograph published in Drudge)
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