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by Duane Kuehn

Don't ask don't tell they told him
My son of gay persuasion
I love him still, they never will
His life gone my frustration

He hardly knew a way to go
He hated being him I know
And so he tried to give his all
And hide himself, a man to show

He died my son, a soldiers death
A brave young man his country dear
And I buried my only son but never
Will his name be honored
For being himself a human being
Don't ask don't tell they told him
Why? Why was his life so much less?

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