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AFTER THE BATTLE
Not a sound was heard after the ferocious battle
Save the sobbing of a Vietnamese child-warrior
His death sounds from afar breaking the silence,
The guns deadly silent cooling from rapid fire
Scared young boys peering through tall grasses
Fear permeating their position in the hot jungle
Beads of sweat mingling with frightened tears
Commingled emotions sweeping the platoon
The moon surrendering its light to black clouds
A pall covering the stillness of the battlefield
Like ebony skies before an impending storm.
