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They fought with guts and guns and taunts of come-on
They wiped the field on the defeated faces of human races
They patterned them with blood-formed laces
The legion from our region
32 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Prompt: Legion
crispina kemp 
Poignant and sad.
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Yes. I’m not sure of the background to it. Is it interstellar warfare? Or inter-species?
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Inter species I think.
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Yes, it does seem to be
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Yep 🙂
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I thought intergalactic, but regardless it was awesome. In so few words you created an alternate history. That’s something to be proud of.
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Thank you, Pam (is it Pam? Nope) I write fantasy… it’s my genre, where my brain resides
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There you go, I love fantasy 🙂
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🙂
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This is chilling and grasps the essence and horror of war perfectly.
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Thank you. It inspired me. Instantly. Usually take a couple of days to write for this prompt
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Upon reading this my mind immediately travelled the battlefields of WW1 which today are swathed in poppies. A thought-provoking piece indeed.
My 32!
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Thank you. Sometimes the mind spews words without any contribution from me. I just let it go free.
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Well done, my friend. War is bloody and I agree with Keith, this is thought-provoking.
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Thank you, Dale. It spewed forth, no thought from me. The words were there, they had to come. Sometimes my conscious control goes dumb
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Intense in few words. Well done, Crispina.
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Thank you Bill
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You’re welcome.
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Dear Crispina,
Impacting 32 words. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Sometimes it flows
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Devastating indictment in a few well-chosen words, Crispina.
pax,
dora
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Thank you, Dora. Sometimes the words just flow
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