24 going on 40

keep your comments to yourself
the pain that is in my foot
that rolls to my calf and ends in my back
belongs to me
I signed for this to protect those I love
I would pay any cost
and you think you can relate because you've
seen a movie, it's not a chip on my shoulder
I carry around it's a hundred and twenty pounds of dripping wet gear
I am a marine that has no fear

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