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    The soldiers play a game. They run and hide, thinking of plans to beat the enemy. They hit the bullseye, but they also hit the rings around it. They're just numbers, not lives. They are just bodies.

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    The soldiers play a game. They run and hide, thinking of plans to beat the enemy. They hit the bullseye, but they also hit the rings around it. They're just numbers, not lives. They are just bodies.

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    The soldiers play a game. They run and hide, thinking of plans to beat the enemy. They hit the bullseye, but they also hit the rings around it. They're just numbers, not lives. They are just bodies.

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    MollyMcSweeney

    Ms.Gardner
    HonorsEnglish10/Period6
    7December2015

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    Thesoldiersplayagame.
    Theyrunandhide,
    thinkingofplanstobeattheenemy.
    Withthepressofabutton,
    orthepull
    ofatrigger,
    theyhitthebullseye,
    buttheyalsohittheringsaroundit.
    Theyhitthetarget,
    buttheyalsohitextras.
    Theyrejustnumbers,
    notlives.
    Theyrejustbodies.
    notfriends,
    norfamily,

    norlovedones.
    Theyarejustnumbers.
    Theyarejustcollateral.
    Theymeannothing.
    Buttheywerepeople,
    theywereloved,
    theywereimportant,
    butnowtheyaregone.

    Theyarethedustontheground,
    beingblownawayintothewind.

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