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I am the Officer
I have been where you fear to be
I have seen what you fear to see
I have done what you fear to do
All these things I have done for you
I am the person you lean upon
The one you cast your scorn upon
The one you bring your troubles to
All these things I’ve been for you
The one you ask to stand apart
The one you feel should have no heart
The one you call the officer in blue
But I’m just a person, just like you
And through the years I’ve come to see
That I am not always what you ask of me
So take this badge, take this gun
Will you take it? …Will anyone?
And when you watch a person die
And hear a battered baby cry
Then do you think that you can be
All these things you ask of me?
-Anonymous
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