<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576945" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Last Ride</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The warning order was read aloud<br>With soldiers listening intently<br>Though the information never changed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The insurgent strikes where increasing<br>So be alert and on guard for the unexpected<br>And remember to watch your buddies back</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The convoy was out the gate by 0600<br>Lining the roads with olive drab green<br>Covered in blinding white sand</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Miles were traveled through the endless desert<br>Passing through one ghost town after another<br>Glimpses of nameless faces covered by black robes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mangled highway signs alert drivers<br>Be aware of merging traffic in Baghdad<br>While orange and white taxis flood the road</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Security is the name of the game<br>Traffic slows to a halt caused by an explosion<br>Then it happens again in front of you</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The flash of bright light is blinding<br>Ring in the ears causes a sense of emergency<br>But the disorientation heightens the sense of fear</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thoughts race through the mind but the training prevails<br>Out of the truck, take cover, assess the situation<br>Where did the attack come from, who is hurt</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The next couple of days are a complete blur<br>Until the day that you have always dreaded arrives<br>Saluting the dog tags hanging from the M-16 of your best friend</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=C.R.+Ebowski">C.R. Ebowski</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=576945" data-title="The Last Ride de C.R. Ebowski" data-description="The warning order was read aloud With soldiers listening intently Though the information never changed The insurgent strikes where increasing So be alert and on guard for the unexpected And remember to watch your buddies back The convoy was out ..."></div> </div> </div>

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