[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1495-E1496]
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                            YOU HAVE NO IDEA

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                         HON. WILLIAM L. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 12, 2012

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to submit the following work 
that was offered to me on behalf of Marine Corporal Jessie Kent 
Fletcher, a constituent and wounded warrior who honorably served our 
country in Afghanistan.

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                            You Have No Idea

     You!
     You have no idea!
     What kind of magnificent men so appear!
     Who so wear that uniform, whose fine hearts will not so break 
           or bend!
     All in their most heroic shades of green, who upon them we 
           all now so depend!
     Yea, you have no idea!
     Of what kind of fighting machines!
     Are all of these here, The United States Marines!
     Jager!
     Who do so courageously appear, and move all out into that 
           darkness all without such fear!
     Yea, you have no idea!
     How much they so love this country tis of thee,
     and how much they do so truly believe!
     For in life, each person but has their own destiny . . .
     To give up, or to lead! To inspire you and me!
     To so set their sights ever higher, all in what they want to 
           be!
     Yea, you have no idea!
     And what kind of magnificent families,
     that they all so have at home who they must now all so leave!
     You have no idea!
     How heroes are so made!
     Magnificent men like JKF,
     who go so boldly forth all out into harm's way!
     From this Empire State,
     New York . . . Jessie . . . whose heart is so very Gotham 
           this very day!
     Snipers, all so setting their sights high on victory,
     hunters who All In Strength In Honor Do So All Believe!
     Lone wolves out on the hunt,
     who move without being seen!
     Watch out enemy! Hunt It! Hunt It!
     For today is judgement day . . .
     And now its time for you to sleep! To pay!
     Who can make a shot from a mile away in enemy country,
     you would not believe!
     You, have no idea how they will fight to be free!
     With nerves of steel,
     and patience and concentration so very deep!
     Yea, you have no idea . . .
     of what their fine souls are so made up of so very deep down!
     As melding into that landscape as they so disappear,
     as all out there on their own,
     all out on their most courageous ways vanishing into the air 
           . . .
     Yea, you have no idea . . .
     how much self control that it all so takes . . .
     How much stealth and patience,
     while an enemy but stands just a few feet away . . .
     For Snipers are not so made, but born to be great!
     For it is something that which inside is so innate!
     With such instincts that which so help them to live on . . .
     night after night, and day after day . . .
     Setting their sights on victory, as they calibrate . . .
     As so stealth fully they all so make their ways!
     The ones who for an eternity will ever so wait,
     just to get that shot made!
     As it was on one such fateful day,
     when death almost came Jessie's way . . .
     When, it so took all that he so had . . .
     but to just so live but one more day!
     And yes, you have no idea of all of that heartache that it so 
           takes!
     When, you so realize that you have so lost your strong legs . 
           . . .
     And what it so takes,
     to somehow to begin each new day . . .
     Yea, you have no idea!
     Of the kind of pain and heartache,
     that Jessie has so faced!
     And the amount courage and faith that it all so takes,
     you would so amaze!
     While, against all odds . . . Maximus . . .
     Oh yes you Jessie just like a God you would not so fade!
     Setting your sights on recovery,
     as we so watched you and so realized how future angels are so 
           made!
     As you never ran out of ammo,
     as your fine heart would somehow reload!
     To take your soul to higher places for all us to behold!
     While, all around you heartache would so explode!
     Yea you have no idea!
     How much it takes and how many tears!
     But, The Angels up in heaven . . .
     all of this can so see and feel!
     And our Lord's tears for you Jessie . . .
     are all so very real!
     Because, he has some idea!
     Because, he's been with you from the beginning so very close!
     When, you got that second shot at life!
     Between, the cross hairs of life and death . . .
     when your will to live so meant the most!
     As you Jessie so set your sights on life!
     As with your courage and all of your strength,
     all of us you have so blessed!
     Teaching us all what the word hero so means!
     And if ever I had a son!
     I'd pray that he'd have a heart,
     as half as great as your strong one!
     Yea, Jessie I have no idea . . .
     as to how and to what new heights your fine heart will so 
           run!
     And how upon your face,
     I so see a smile as bright as the morning sun!
     But, one day up in Heaven Jessie you will so run . . .
     As thy will be done!
     And Jessie,
     how you find the strength and the courage, I have no idea!
     As I so see your sights are so set on Heaven, so very quite 
           clear!

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