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Flashcards in Remains Deck (8)
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1
Q

On another occasion, we got sent out

A

to tackle looters raiding a bank.

2
Q

And one of them legs it up the road,

A

probably armed, possibly not.

3
Q

so all three of us open fire.

A

Three of a kind all letting fly,

4
Q

So we’ve hit this looter a dozen times

A

and he’s there on the ground, sort of inside out,

5
Q

One of my mates goes by

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and tosses his guts back into his body.

6
Q

But I blink

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and he bursts again through the doors of the bank.

7
Q

Dream, and he’s torn apart by a dozen rounds.

A

And the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out –

8
Q

near to the knuckle, here and now,

A

his bloody life in my bloody hands.