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The army
got its start
as a branch of the police;
they trained
for years
just to parade through the streets
like heroes,
and sometimes
they’d guard the outskirts of the city
from a wild emu
or venomous snake
but really
they were all for show,
and not really
to back me up
in case something
ever came running
to ruin it all.
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