<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400014" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Under a African sky</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sun burns furious<br>and the harsh reality, <br>of a live in the semi desert<br>of the Kalahari<br>is set in my mind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are some bushes<br>growing in this arid land, <br>with red sand <br>stretching as far<br>as the eye can see, <br>but they are riddled<br>with large white thorns.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Group of bushmen trackers <br>are gathered round a fire<br>and are drinking tea, <br>near to the huts<br>where they live.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s time to go and we set out<br>into the bush, <br>with two trackers <br>running in the lead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One is carrying my R5 rifle<br>and we follow<br>in a fighting formation, <br>with armoured fighting vehicles<br>and armoured cars.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The LMG becomes heavy<br>in my hands<br>and sweat are running<br>down my cheeks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every hour or so <br>the trackers are changed<br>and we keep following the tracks, <br>for hours without end<br>and then reality is frozen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rpg-7 rockets whistle past<br>and the sound of enemy<br>AK-47 rifles and mortars, <br>are almost everywhere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We return fire at dark dots<br>and every moving thing<br>becomes prostrate<br>and the dead enemy are gathered<br>and I feel like puking; <br>and some troops are smoking<br>and it’s just another day<br>under a African sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[LMG=> Light Machine Gun]</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=400014" data-title="Under a African sky de Gert Strydom" data-description="The sun burns furious and the harsh reality, of a live in the semi desert of the Kalahari is set in my mind. There are some bushes growing in this arid land, with red sand stretching as far as the eye can see, but they are riddled with large ..."></div> </div> </div>

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