Here’s to getting that last bit<\/p>\n
About how we were the better men<\/p>\n
Losing not to the dark swell<\/p>\n
Of hate and fear<\/p>\n
But to the shining goal of being right<\/p>\n
Even if we were wrong all along<\/p>\n
We were right in our persistent notion<\/p>\n
Self-righteous in the face of self-sacrifice<\/p>\n
We were better men because we faced fear<\/p>\n
Without pause and without care<\/p>\n
Without care<\/p>\n
We faced death and coughed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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