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preposition – indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is something associated with it.
preposition – expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.

my bayonet seeks

my bayonet seeks 
a heart also crafted in 
the image of god

the root of courage 
is a simple acceptance 
of the job at hand

the practice behind 
all other practice is the 
practice of practice

i traded these chains 
for a walking stick and a 
pocket full of sand

the glory of war 
drowns the shrieks of the wounded 
in lethal moonshine

this matchless valor 
in bloody consecration  
of my shattered land

artillery reaps 
a bumper crop of corpses 
under brutal rain

life and death conjoin
amid the clatter of the 
iron dice of war

creativity
thrives in environments of
rigid discipline

a lifetime of light
contributes but a flicker 
to the vasty dark