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To Good Guys Dead

by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

They sucked us in;
King and country,
Christ Almighty
And the rest.
Patriotism,
Democracy,
Honor-
Words and phrases,
They either bitched or killed us.




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The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.
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