| Hi. My name is Allen Taylor. I'm an Iraq War veteran. These are my poems. In 1997, I joined the Texas Army National Guard. In 1999, I predicted the War on Terror. Then, like most Americans, I was disheartened two years later to see my country attacked by a gang of thugs. In March 2003, disheartenment turned to anger. Our own thugs were making a huge mistake invading Iraq. I considered it an unnecessary and unjust military action. I still do. In the summer of 2004, my National Guard unit was called into service and I spent all of 2005 on the battlefield of Iraq. Rumsfeld's Sandbox was conceived during that time. I have worked on the poems in this book for five years. Some were written in Iraq, others since then. Despite my constant revision, they may never be finished. I am, nevertheless, ready to make them public. For
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