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THE THOUGHTS OF A SOLDIER
I joined the army as a soldier then a killer by command
Became judge and executioner
in my time
Maimed and killed my country’s enemies with total dis-
Performed the
duties of a soldier down the line
I’ve been spat at sworn and thrown at,
Stoned and thrashed with bamboo canes.
Sometimes
belted with a rifle or a lash,
Then left strung up rigid by the arms
Suffered the water treatment and decapitation threat,
Gone without food or drink for
days beneath the sun.
Worked and treated like a coolie for fifteen hours a day
With
nothing left to show for what I had done
Yet! there’s nothing more soul destroying
Or anything which brings me pain
Than being
betrayed by one’s own government
For whom I had fought and served in vain.
Arthur Lane