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By Jack Joseph Smith
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traila:we-became insane and knew’ that forever we would rym with. insanity in
eur hearts:threugh the trees-of the werld with Mount Lebanem at eae
Rumning ever the hills I weuld hit the dirt and turn on my neily Ut ay
rifle-even with a moving cps head and blast him right abeve the ear so le
was: dead’ befere-he-hit the-ground and the red bleed flowed im lines: across:
his-blue uniform) .Bair bam, did yeu get one too pentkif sure did he weuld
say’, -getting up and’ ruming agaim through red yellow: bushes: ever fallen Us
mess brewn treess' And we-would rum up anojther: hilt catching the plus’ me 4
the next valley and turning our bodies-in the air and relling down down
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over leaves:and little bits-of byrries-scattered in the yebieq=Fettew
soil’ we-shook fre our hair: rising a and niyting the dirt agaim and
shooting wild and fast at. lines: oe Se eens above us with their ;
faces vanishing im the-suns'.
When we left: the forest. we-would plunder among the castles It. was in.
Autumand ‘we-had’ stolen: pumpkins:frem the Bayete ministers: heme-and were
laughing at them walking through the roadways of yellow red and brown brick
that soundéd’ click click under: our dancing feets! They became-Pumpkin the
tough kids ‘head’ and we-made fum ef the shapes-and threw ‘them high and caught
them turning with them our faces:spinning im passing visiens ef one anoffthers’ ;
Peter, Peter ypumpkin eater we sang parading about the neighberheed high in
our exedtement abeve the> ether childreni' The next day our parents found out ..
and we-had to go and get the pumpkins-frem where-we-had hid' them and returm
them to the Ministeré Dani and I seperated at the Ministers deciding to
follow orders-from our individual castles and return immediately homes! There:
was Pumpkin waiting: forme when I reunded’ the last osrner home and vega fees