<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=551356" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ellipse #78(…candy bar)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Saw a kid in a gas mask today<br>Five years old- maybe four<br>Stole a Hershey bar from the remains<br>of a burnt down store.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Riot gear and hopscotch<br>Slingshots and hand grenades.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well, that kid- with that precious chocolate in hand<br>He found a soldier, lying on the ground<br>And there, he kneeled down<br>The soldier had a gut shot wound<br>And bits of shrapnel in his small intestine<br>In his hand, <br>a photograph of his wife he rubbed <br>with a bloody thumb.<br>From the waist down, he began to grow numb</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that kid in that gas mask<br>He looked down with a bit of pity<br>On the soldier with the seeping wound<br>and soon to be widowed wife.<br>He took PITY on that soldier's<br>poor, unfortunate life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He took that candy bar from his back pocket, <br>And he GAVE that dying soldier his chocolate.<br>That soldier- he had a tear in his eye..<br>For that one gracious deed before he would die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He looked up in the gas mask glass, <br>and saw his reflection! <br>He smiled wide, <br>and with sincere, yet trembling inflection<br>said, ‘Thanks kid.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that kid, he saw that smile- <br>and he pondered on it for awhile.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'That's ok. I'm going to steal a TV now instead'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-]0[</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joe+Guillotin">Joe Guillotin</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=551356" data-title="Ellipse #78(…candy bar) de Joe Guillotin" data-description="Saw a kid in a gas mask today Five years old- maybe four Stole a Hershey bar from the remains of a burnt down store. Riot gear and hopscotch Slingshots and hand grenades. Well, that kid- with that precious chocolate in hand He found a soldier, l..."></div> </div> </div>

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