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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=364248" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dorothy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">For she grew up in Kansas<br>An American for real<br>She loved baseball, God and country <br>And McDonalds for a meal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was a true American<br>Loved Springsteen to the hilt<br>But when she was in college<br>And struggling with bills<br>She thought she'd join the army<br>Join up as a reserve<br>Two weeks a year did not seem much<br>The time she had to serve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was great there in the army<br>She took it in her stride<br>Gave her some real ambition <br>And a sense of National Pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She started off as private<br>They joked, as 'private parts'<br>Then she became a corporal<br>Of the military arts<br>Part time corporal Kansas<br>She said that to the men<br>Who now were joining up in droves<br>When promotion came again<br>So now she was a sergeant<br>Who'd never been to war<br>Then the call up for iraq came out<br>And opened up the door<br>Of full time full on soldiering<br>So now it was her chance<br>To fight those goddam'd Arabs<br>And stop their deadly dance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Day one it was amazing<br>They were given their full kit<br>Some kit wasn't full at all<br>But they didn't mind a bit<br>So with her body armour<br>An M15 right by her side<br>She jumped into the transport <br>For a military ride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They disembarked at Basra<br>Now held safe by prior troops<br>They raced the desert northwards<br>Caught Baghdad inside a loop<br>The war was over quickly<br>Those Iraqi's they just ran<br>And one day she was called to see<br>A new military man<br>Said she was showing promise<br>Would she like to a different role? <br>A role that’s so important<br>And so central to our goal<br>These WMD's he said<br>Are proving hard to find<br>Those damned Iraqi's know so much<br>But they have twisted minds<br>We've got close on two hundred<br>Most of the players in the pack<br>So we have to exert pressure<br>On all the A-rabs that we catch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sergeant Kansas saw her future<br>She knew her destiny<br>She would be the first to find<br>A WMD.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We've know that they are out there<br>We know that from on high<br>And Sergeant Kansas stood there<br>Spangled banner in her eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dog leash was quite crazy<br>She told investigative men<br>Who questioned her so closely<br>And time and time again<br>They asked her the same question<br>Are you really really sure<br>That this was just an act of yours<br>And that no superior<br>Told you straight to do it<br>Or was it that this war<br>Made certain things permitted<br>Behind the gaol house door? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">(pause) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'it was great there in the army<br>I took it in my stride<br>It gave me real ambition <br>And a sense of national pride<br>That is how it started<br>But if i the truth can tell<br>I now feel i'm America<br>And in a living hell'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>30 May 2004</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Keig">David Keig</a><div class=q>
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An American for real
She loved baseball, God and country 
And McDonalds for a meal.

She was a true American
Loved Springsteen to the hilt
But when she was in college
And struggling with bills
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