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Poetry ﻿"Back Then and Now"  By: Reagan Back Then, we were just kids and played war with our fake guns…. Now, we are in war, and aren’t playing anymore.

Back Then, we got sick of being with our family, and just wanted to be alone…. Now, we are dying inside to see them again.

Back Then, we would see movies and play video games and cheer when we finally killed the enemy… Now, it kills me inside to see someone lose their life.

Back Then, we heard about war all the time and thought nothing really about it…. Now, we are in it, and think about it every minute.

Back Then, we missed our family members who were in the war fighting… Now, they are missing us.

Back Then, I was known as Robin… Now, I am known as Birdy.

Back Then, I would have killed to just get to shoot a gun and have the feeling of power…. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Now, I can’t wait to put my gun down.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Why” **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">By: Donovan Grayson **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ did I have to go?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Well I thought it would be the right thing to do.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ did I want to go?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> So I could talk to my dad and uncle about the army too.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ am I so scared?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Is it because I don’t want my family to suffer or me to suffer?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ does this feel like a bad dream?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> I never thought that I would ever be this close to dying.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ can’t I fly like a birdy?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Since everyone calls me Birdy I wish I could fly out of here.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ are we helping Iraqis?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Is it because America is just too nice?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> __Why__ did I ask myself these questions? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Is it because I’m lonely and scared or just wondering __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Why __...

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<range type="comment" id="47140">Why is there War By: Dominic Lizcano

‍ When I see the Iraqi’s fight <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I wonder why they fight America. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Even when we help them from their troubles, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There still is a War. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Is War the only thing that helps us with our differences? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Does it make things better? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Birdy see’s that it causes destruction. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">He even see’s why Americans are hated. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Like a wise man says <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“When you kill a camel <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">It is better to cut off the body instead of the head. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">If you cut off the head <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Then the camel doesn’t know who he is. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Under the Fallujah Sun By:jacob Granhold The body lies there, bloating in the heat. Down the street, the battered street, lies another. A lonely figure, sprawled in death. No one near. No loved ones. No friends. Only the body, lying in the gutter. The marines, in their body armor, crabwalk past the body. Eyes constantly moving, spying every tiny movement, The scrap of paper, blown by the wind, draws instant attention. As does the dust devil