It gave him something to do
Besides sit on the couch
With no prospects
Except the hamburger joint
When somebody called in sick
Right after he signed up for The Cause
He got a nice new pair of combat boots
And went to school
To learn that Other People
Were The Enemy
In time he pulled his head
Out of the clouds and took
His feet off the ground
To go home
He found it hard to hold a job
But harder still
To pat his conscience down
So every day he drank a fifth
And every night he played roulette
Until
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