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Anecdote of Antiquity

Afghanistan.
The ancients say we first met when our goddesses—now foresworn—
rode above in a lion-drawn chariot, which now casts its shading convoy,
to see if hypnotic swords are beaten to peace.
Or witness plowshares melting to flashpoints.

—Maj. Jeffrey Alfier, U.S. Air Force
March 2002