[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15496-15497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY SEALS

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                          HON. PETER HOEKSTRA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. HOEKSTRA. Madam Speaker, Capitol Guide Albert Carey Caswell has 
composed a poem for the Record in honor of the U.S. Navy SEALS.-
     Seal it!
     Crush it!
     Run, right up to it!
     As You Flush it! Terminate It!
     As You Break it! Bust It! As You God Forsake It! And Make 
           Mush of it!
     Destroy It!
     Walk, right by it!
     Without, even touching it . . .
     Boy It, it was like . . . you were not even there!
     Climbing mountains . . .
     Overtaking it! While, disappearing through thin air!
     Capturing it, as over the coals you so rake it! As against 
           all odds you make it!
     Go around it, run right through it!
     Or go right over it!
     As only, You can do it!
     Michael Monsoor It, Bob Kerrey It, Michael Murphy It . . . as 
           only you can carry it!
     For there's nothing, you can not do . . . it!
     To The Tenth Power, The Men of The Hour . . . all in what 
           your golden heart's so shower!
     Climbing walls . . .
     Jumping off buildings, falls!
     As to what these fine hearts, are called . . .
     Swimming the high seas, as they will not pause!
     As Freedom Fighters, one and all . . .
     Answering that, most noble cause!
     As you turn around, they disappear . . .
     From The Land, Air and Sea . . .
     A Force of Nature, So Complete!
     A Band of Brothers, so very sweet!
     As we hear, God's Voices in all these!
     Men of Honor, Men of Faith!
     Whose, fine hearts will not wait!
     Nor will not so waft!
     Who will not give up, or in!
     As into that face of death and hell, they so wade!
     Get In, Get Out . . .
     Get the job done, that's what it's all about!
     All for God and Country, Tis of Thee . . .
     All At The Very Top, as no one else can so compete!
     The very Origin, of Stealth Technology!
     Stealing from time, all across the seven seas!
     What Superman, so wishes he could be!
     As they can shoot the wings off of a nat, at 1,000 feet!
     So Incredible, as so are all of these!
     All so boldly marching forth, all out on liberty's course!
     For no one knows no more . . . That Freedom, Is Not Free!
     What ever boy, wishes he could grow up to be!
     YOU GO! I GO!
     AS, FOR MY BROTHER . . . I WILL SO DIE FOR THEE!
     ALL IN THEIR SEAL OF HONOR!
     AS THEY ALL SO SHINE, OH SO BRILLIANTLY!
     THE LAST EASY DAY, WAS THE ONE PROCEEDED!
     Magnificent Men, who so live by a code . . . as they so heed 
           it!
     A Code of Honor, of Faith . . . that which so brings tears to 
           Angel's eyes!
     A Seal Of Honor!
     Where Faith, In Hearts of Courage Grows!
     All In Hearts of Steel, From Where Freedom Flows!
     A saw some Seals, one time . . .
     And as, I turned around . . . and they were gone!
     Climbing up the walls, moving on!
     As They Disappeared, Into Thin Air!
     As if, almost like they were not ever there!
     Them Running On The Wind, was all that I could hear!
     As they grow beards, and make people scared!
     As they vanquish evil, anytime . . . everywhere!
     All in their Most Splendid Splendor, so there!
     Seal It! Crush It! Run Right Up To It! Make Mush Of It! 
           Destroy It! Flush It!
     Boy It, it was like . . . you were not even there!
     All In Your Seal Of Honor, All In Freedom's Glare! Terminate 
           It!
     Seal It!

       In honor of our Navy Seals, Magnificents . . . Freedom 
     Fighters . . . You and Your Families have so blessed Our 
     Nation!
                                           --Albert Carey Caswell.

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