The Life and Death of Life

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"The overflowing barrels from the latrines
had to be emptied and burned daily,
and the smell seemed to permeate all of Nam
I was on a detail to drag and dump
the barrels into the pit
trying to keep my spirits up.....
the guy on the opposite side of the barrel--
I'd never seen him before or since--

just sat down and cried."

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  • For an extended solo from Jim Odgren on Soprano Saxophone