{"id":13742,"date":"2016-03-27T13:58:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T18:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=13742"},"modified":"2016-03-27T13:58:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T18:58:54","slug":"the-warrior-poet-snap-snap-and-youre-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/27\/the-warrior-poet-snap-snap-and-youre-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"The Warrior Poet:  Snap, Snap! (and You&#8217;re Thankful)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13743 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/wp2.jpg\" alt=\"Soldier with rifle and helmet\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>By Rob Sanders<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><strong>When you\u2019re cold and alone<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On the dark side of night,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Your lying on rocks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Shivering \u2013 cold or fright?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The mortars are booming<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>across the valley below,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And you\u2019re thankful.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Snap Snap as rounds whizz past.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Snap snap as rounds pass close.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Crack crack the rounds start on rock.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You hunch down still deeper<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>try to keep the watch.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Boom, Boom<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And you\u2019re thankful.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Now it\u2019s done, it\u2019s gone<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It\u2019s all over now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Someone is dead,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And someone is not.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nothing is left, but<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The pain and the blood,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nothing is left, but<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The night and the gun.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And you\u2019re thankful.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the Original Article at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/havokjournal.com\/culture\/snap-snap-and-youre-thankful\/?utm_source=Havok+Journal&amp;utm_campaign=ae69137023-Havok_Journal_Daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_566058f87c-ae69137023-214561561\">Havok Journal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Sanders When you\u2019re cold and alone On the dark side of night, Your lying on rocks Shivering \u2013 cold or fright? The mortars are booming across the valley below, And you\u2019re thankful. &nbsp; Snap Snap as rounds whizz past. Snap snap as rounds pass close. Crack crack the rounds start on rock. You&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1286,1898,5713],"tags":[10664,2789,10665],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}