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March 14, 2006 at 16:52:38

A Dark Shadow

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A Dark Shadow

A dark shadow
Comes up
From the oceans

A dark shadow
Moves across
The skies

A dark shadow
Spreads through
The land

A dark shadow
Walks the streets
Of Iraq

A dark shadow
Rides the winds
Of Afghanistan

A dark shadow
Wanders the halls
Of Congress

A dark shadow
Runs down the streets
Of your town

A dark shadow
Fills the rooms
Of your home

A dark shadow
Enters the walls
Of your mind

A dark shadow
Invades the spaces
Of your heart

A dark shadow
Sucks up the remains
Of your soul

A dark shadow

Waits

In hiding

To leap out

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Jim Bush is a 61 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Katy,Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.