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Thank You, Tessa. the feel I get all the way through your essay, about the land of your birth, the people who came before you, and a perversion/twisting of that nation, is evoked for the land of my birth by this Vietnam-War protest song by Steppenwolf, "Monster" youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3…
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Thank You, Tessa. the feel I get all the way through your essay, about the land of your birth, the people who came before you, and a perversion/twisting of that nation, is evoked for the land of my birth by this Vietnam-War protest song by Steppenwolf, "Monster" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3sURDS4IA
Thank you yet again, Brother John! It seems like empires tend to do this.
I haven't heard this song until just now. Thank you for sharing it!
It was a big hit. I sent you the long version.