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    104 letters came back from Afghanistan, but John only signed 103.

    Inspired by this poem:

    Letter composed during a lull in the fighting by Kevin Powers

    I tell her I love her like not killing
    or ten minutes of sleep
    beneath the low rooftop wall
    on which my rifle rests
    I tell her in a letter that will stink
    when she opens it
    of bolt oil and burned powder
    and the things it says

    I tell her how Private Bartle says, offhand
    that war is just us
    making little pieces of metal
    pass through each other

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    02 Jan 2021

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