Playing the Blues
Written & Illustrated by Maximilian A. QuĂŠripel maxqueripel.com maximilianqueripel.tumblr.com
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Home
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Half way round the globe
He’d promised to tell the wife of his friend if anything happened.
He played the blues.
He still had hope.
The young grew up to know the joy the man once had.
“A compulsory draft is far more typical of totalitarian nations than of democratic nations. The theory behind it leads directly to totalitarianism. It is absolutely opposed to the principles of individual liberty which have always been considered a part of American democracy.” — Senator Robert A. Taft, August 14, 1940