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    The poem describes a soldier in the midst of battle who is faced with killing an enemy combatant. The soldier sees fear and suffering in the enemy's eyes and hesitates to shoot. Upon further reflection of the enemy and the circumstances of war, the soldier realizes they are afraid of an idea, not the actual people. The soldier then shoots and kills the enemy, but is left questioning whether they targeted the right thing - an idea or the people enacting that idea. Around them, the battle continues to rage on.

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    The poem describes a soldier in the midst of battle who is faced with killing an enemy combatant. The soldier sees fear and suffering in the enemy's eyes and hesitates to shoot. Upon further reflection of the enemy and the circumstances of war, the soldier realizes they are afraid of an idea, not the actual people. The soldier then shoots and kills the enemy, but is left questioning whether they targeted the right thing - an idea or the people enacting that idea. Around them, the battle continues to rage on.

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    Wordwarpoem Medina

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    The poem describes a soldier in the midst of battle who is faced with killing an enemy combatant. The soldier sees fear and suffering in the enemy's eyes and hesitates to shoot. Upon further reflection of the enemy and the circumstances of war, the soldier realizes they are afraid of an idea, not the actual people. The soldier then shoots and kills the enemy, but is left questioning whether they targeted the right thing - an idea or the people enacting that idea. Around them, the battle continues to rage on.

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    AndShoot

    ErickMedina

    Anechointhebackofyourheadscreams
    Pickupthegun
    Lookatitinit'seyes
    Andshoot

    Youlookup
    Atit'seyesfilledwithdetestandrage
    Yetyoulookcloselyandseeafamiliarstory
    Youseeit'seyesfilledwithterrorandlethargy

    Youseeitpointit'sgunandinasecond
    Youdecideit'seitheryouorit
    Youpickupyourgunandaim
    Theworldaroundyouseemtohalt

    Youheargunshotsinthebackground
    Roaringexplosionsincreasingallaround
    Youseemenracingleftandright
    Aflawlesscombinationofdirtandpeople

    Anechointhebackofyourheadscreams
    Pickupthegun
    Lookatitinit'seyes
    Andshoot

    Youstareintoit'seyesonefinaltime
    Revealingthetaleofabrokencountry
    Buildingitselfupwithliesandshadows
    Andwithoutthinkingtwice
    Youshoot

    Itdescendsuntotheground
    Withgraceandelegance
    Withstiffnessandgauche
    Youseeit'sfrozeneyes
    Stillexpressingterrorandlethargy

    It'satthatmomentwhenyourealize
    Anerror
    Aflaw

    Anechointhebackofyourheadscreams
    Pickupthegun
    Lookatitinit'seyes
    Andshoot


    It'sthenyourealize
    Yourealizeyouarefrightenedofanidea
    Afraidoftheunknown
    Yourealizeyouareafraid
    Ingeneral

    Youlookdownatthecorpse
    Expressionless
    Dead

    Youkilledapartoftheidea
    Asecondintheendlesshours
    Hoursfilledwithdread,apprehension

    Youareatwarwithanidea
    Nottheembodimentoftheidea
    Youareatwarwithanaction
    Notthepeopleexecutingtheaction

    Youlookdownoncemore
    Intoit'scold,expressionlesseyes
    Thenyouremembertheworldaroundyou
    Stillathalt
    Freezingaroundyouforjustonemorenanosecond

    Youhearbombsinthebackground
    Thunderousexplosionsgrowinginvolume
    Youseebulletsflyingfrompointatob
    Adefectiveduoofideasandpeople

    Inasecondyouimmediatelymoveon
    Runningfartheraway,killingmoreofthem
    Untileventuallythoseeyes
    Filledwithterrorandlethargydisappear
    Untilyoumoveontothenext

    Anechointhebackofyourheadscreams
    Pickupthegun
    Lookatitinit'seyes
    Andshoot

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