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A poem about loyalty and lack of it
Miscellaneous Poems - vol 3
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At what cost?
by CD Richards
3-6-9 Poem contest entry
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In dismay,
those ordered to retreat
obey, as they have been trained to do.
Discarded,
yesterday's friends question
what commitment and loyalty mean.
Blood-red sands
proclaim their betrayal
as those they trusted leave them to die.
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Author Notes
Photo: Kurdish YPG Fighter by KurdishStruggle, hosted on flickr.com. Reproduced unaltered. Licensed under CC 2.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode].
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