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Book 29 Page 46
The old man’s war story
The old man recalls his time in the war
as he held back the tears,
as he recalls vividly those long ago years.
As he revived within himself, ‘ancient fears.’
And I too,
(though I am young)
listened and felt like;
I did the same.
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