<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=352802" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Deserter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mr. President<br>I'm writing you a letter<br>that perhaps you will read<br>If you have the time. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've just received<br>my call-up papers<br>to leave for the front<br>Before Wednesday night. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mr. President<br>I do not want to go<br>I am not on this earth<br>to kill wretched people. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's not to make you mad<br>I must tell you<br>my decision is made<br>I am going to desert. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since I was born<br>I have seen my father die<br>I have seen my brothers leave<br>and my children cry. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mother has suffered so,<br>that she is in her grave<br>and she laughs at the bombs<br>and she laughs at the worms. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was a prisoner<br>they stole my wife<br>they stole my soul<br>and all my dear past. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Early tomorrow morning<br>I will shut my door<br>on these dead years<br>I will take to the road. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will beg my way along<br>on the roads of France<br>from Brittany to Provence<br>and I will cry out to the people: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Refuse to obey<br>refuse to do it<br>don't go to war<br>refuse to go. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If blood must be given<br>go give your own<br>you are a good apostle<br>Mr. President. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you go after me<br>warn your police<br>that I'll be unarmed<br>and that they can shoot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Boris+Vian">Boris Vian</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=352802" data-title="The Deserter de Boris Vian" data-description="Mr. President I'm writing you a letter that perhaps you will read If you have the time. I've just received my call-up papers to leave for the front Before Wednesday night. Mr. President I do not want to go I am not on this earth to kill wretch..."></div> </div> </div>

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