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In My Dream: An Ode to Dr. King

Posted on April 4, 2019 by soitgoes1984

(Maybe April 4th isn’t Martin Luther King, Jr. Day but it’s the day that in 1967 he most vocally spoke out against the war in Vietnam and the day that in 1968 he was assassinated. My poem includes the majority of his … Continue reading →

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Red, White & Blues

Posted on July 9, 2015 by soitgoes1984

Kids play cowboys and Indians grow into men and women play Muslims and Christians hooked on Red Man chewing tobacco and American Spirit cigarettes and t-shirt tans fade to skin cancer for white farmers fresh out of the army no … Continue reading →

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My letter to the IRS: War Tax Resistance

Posted on April 19, 2015 by soitgoes1984

The following is the letter I mailed to the IRS a few days before tax day about my reasons for not paying federal income tax. This is the first year since leaving the military that I have had taxable income, … Continue reading →

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