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Originally Posted by Ozymanithrax
As a child,
I pledge allegiance to the flag
And love my nation as a child
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want
As a child
Under god.

Then gone to Vietnam
Held a friend crying
For his mommy,
Like a child
With his guts blown out
Until silence stole the love
Of a child...
The America in which I grew up, in a nutshell.