Childhood Toys
Thomas Price played jack straws
When he was just a boy.
For Porter Hanks's his spinning top
Was his favorite toy.
Georgie liked the see-saw,
And Benjamin the hoop,
While Vernon laughed and loved to make
His kite fly in a loop.
Bobby rode his bicycle
With no hands on the bars,
And Stevie Gill liked to crash
His little metal cars.
But Thomas died of battle wounds
One crisp New England fall,
While Porter's head was blown off
By a British cannon ball.
Georgie passed at Gettysburg,
His blood spilled in the grass,
And Benjamin at Flanders,
Choked on mustard gas.
Vernon in a burning tank
Died at Normandy,
And Stevie fell the victim to
A roadside IED.
Bobby Parker bled to death
Amidst the sprouting rice.
They trusted us to guarantee
The cause is worth the price.
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