Weekly Reader

See Jack join the army

Jane is sad that he is leaving

Jane loves Jack, and cannot understand why he must go

See Jane kiss Jack goodbye with tears in her eyes

And a little fear too

See Jack meet new friends in the army

Ted and Bill are Jack’s friends

Jack and his new friends travel to foreign places

And they meet the strange people that live there

Many of them are not happy About Jack, Ted, and Bill being among them

A few of these people have bad thoughts about Jack, Ted and Bill

Jack and his friends leave their camp on patrol

They are looking for people intent on doing them harm

Jack thinks about Jane in the dream he had last night

They were laughing, and he danced with her radiant smile

Jack missed Jane more than he could find the words to say

The patrol rolled on with no particular destination

Around the next bend, and up over the ridge

See the explosion just to the left of Jack’s vehicle

It is very bright, and louder than you can imagine

Jack can no longer hear anything

But Jack can see that Bill is no longer moving in the back seat

Jack cannot find his friend Ted

Jack sees only a ruthless stain next to Bill

There is a second explosion near Jack’s vehicle

Jack knows, in that moment, that he will be still forever

Jack is no longer moving

See how still they all are

The postman places the bundle of mail in the slot in the door

Amongst mail to sort from PW Super, offers of credit, and the Penny-Saver

Jane sees the letter