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Peace Poem

Just a

The destructive force
of trenchguns
MP-40s
and grenades.
Invasions
massacres
raids.
All of these,
products of war.
The horror
of it all.
As I write here
sitting in a chair
I will never understand
Why they join armies
leave their families
refuse to unclench their fists
in order to extend their hands.
For what they believe
Is patriotic.
They leave their would-be jobs
as a doctor
or a lawyer
just to pick up a semi-automatic.

Eduardo Pinto
Manual Arts High School
12th grade

17 years old
Los Angeles, CA
U.S.A.