Herd, The
Apocalypta
overnight trucks in convoybig red cross on the side and the backescorted by two junior officerson the offchance they'd be attackedon a private contractroads a gauntlettrouble none yet reportedguards will get a little commissionwhen we bribe the soldiers when we reach the bordernow he's got medical supplies for a refugee camphumanitarian missionheld up a week at customstook over a month to ship from switzerlandhe knows nobody will listeneven as the burials start increasingso he keeps the frustration under wrapshe's seen that it's self-defeatingand though he joined up to make a differencegood intentions can turn out viciousas they helplessly provide aidto camps of disbanded militiasthey've got cachets of illegal armshidden away in the countrysideformer colonial rulers ensurethey get yet more clandestein supplieshe's seen aid workers broken downLetras de cancionesto a shell of their former selvestil they're not so afraid of death costhey've already seen helland the danger pay is goodbut every cent that he gets is earntand he's alive but burning outdriving through scorched earthand all in all it's worth it isn't iteven just for the little victories?standing by as a witnessto the dark rumblings of history
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