<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398616" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Johnny Everyman</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Johnny surfed on the waves, <br>till on the day, <br>that he got his call up papers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Johnny new the sea and the waves<br>very well<br>and girls filled the beaches<br>and live was good and free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Things were really great<br>until five gigantic Mp’s, <br>waited at his front door.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their hair was trimmed very short<br>and they got hold of him, <br>and pulled him to and fro.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Johnny left home <br>in a military capture wagon<br>and had to choose, <br>between going to the army and jail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the army his hair was stripped<br>and like a prisoner<br>he was chased up and down<br>and drilled all over the place<br>and told that he was worth nothing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Time after time<br>they tried to brake him<br>and took him on private busses<br>and at times his buddies<br>also went for the ride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To run with ammunition chests<br>and buddy pt<br>and pencil and rubber<br>and other similar exercises <br>was learnt to him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was shouted and cursed at<br>and he learned to kill<br>in several ways<br>and to handle different weapons<br>and to live from the field.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Johnny went to Angola<br>and came back shell-shocked<br>and there were blood on his hands<br>and nobody wanted to know<br>and cared and could understand him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[References: =>Mp’s=> Military policemen. private busses => Personal punishment and punitive exercises. Buddy pt => Exercises while running with a soldier in your arms. Pencil and rubber =>Exercises with poles and lorry tires]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</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=398616" data-title="Johnny Everyman de Gert Strydom" data-description="Johnny surfed on the waves, till on the day, that he got his call up papers. Johnny new the sea and the waves very well and girls filled the beaches and live was good and free. Things were really great until five gigantic Mp’s, waited at hi..."></div> </div> </div>

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