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 </div><p></p>These barracks don’t favor civilians<br>
It’s for the un-blooded<br>
We don’t remember our mortality off-hand<br>
So we face guns and bombs empty handed<br>
The armory is our heart<br>
And the will to survive is the only arm
<p>We are bred here, in these streets<br>
Far from Eden, closer to reality<br>
The reality of Adam’s sin<br>
Toiling and sweating for every eat<br>
And whatever the hardship, we never retreat</p>
<p>The sun here doesn’t favor people<br>
We are men with shells<br>
Thanks to the fire that hardens clay<br>
Burning us hard, reminding us we live close to hell<br>
Even our bellies no longer run on food<br>
-something deeper is the fuel</p>
<p>Our register is incomplete; it lacks the word for ‘give-up’<br>
Hard times have had the vocabulary torn short<br>
It’s a dictionary published in times of war<br>
Those times where life is the only spear<br>
When you lose words that express fear</p>
<p>The khaki is on our souls, we never retire<br>
No matter what becomes of this battle of class<br>
Whether we cross, or remain in the barracks<br>
We are ever the soldiers of the street.</p>
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