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THE THINGS HE CARRIED
1. The Cross
He carried a large wooden beam – one half of a cross.
They handed it to him like it was nothing. Like it could be thrown away; like they were going to throw him away, this thing of terrible beauty.
He held the rough wood in his hands; gripped it, felt its shape, tested its weight, imagined the plane upon it, the axe striking the base of the trunk, the weight of the leaves upon the branches fluttering in the air of a spring day, breathing their last, gasping, falling, crashing down. He saw it dragged...
Taken from The Things He Carried by Stephen Cottrell.
Published by SPCK
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