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IT'S A SHACK

Most of us had
never seen people
live like that

It's a Shack
Good people of any importance
Can't live here
There is only one room
A leaf is a broom

It's a Shack
Not like blowing up a real home
Woven sticks for a door
Dirt for a floor

It's a Shack
I wonder why a man
would be willing 
TO DIE
for this

it's 
Mud Tin Straw
THAT'S ALL

It's a Shack
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Copyright 1998 - Charlie Fortner

Poem taken from Charlie Fortner's book " Ghost Of The Nam"

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