The Greatest Stories Never Told

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The Greatest Stories Never ToldTom watched the news shiv'ring outside the storecelebrity trials...but nothing about the poorhe brushed snow from his dog's head,they huddled on a concrete bedcos he'd never make the mission in that stormTom woke in a blanket of mist on the groundcold and alone...his dog was nowhere aroundbut light walked from the fog,when his faithful old dogbrought a quilt from that church across townon lonely streets in the dead of nightthat's where courageous hearts will fightand where fate watches as history unfoldsthe greatest stories never toldSgt. Smith kept a fine cigar in his packhe'd planned to smoke it when he got shipped backbut that night on patrol,he saw a kid just ten years oldholding a rifle ready to attackSgt. Smith lowered his weapon to his sidebut a rifle shot still rang across nightSmith sat back...lit his cigar,slipped away 'neath the starsthat boy stood awhile then dropped his gun and criedon lonely streets in the dead of nightthat's where courageous hearts will fightand where fate watches as history unfoldsthe greatest stories never told(c)2004 Robert George