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(The Art of Enforcing)
He usually thinks of himself
As a laid back sort of person
He enjoys sunny days
And hot baths
(Which surprises most people)
He would use the word 'chill'
If it didn't sound so much like a bad pun
.
He does fight for Justice
But just as much
As 'Freedom' can mean different things
To different people,
'Justice' means something else to him
Than most other marines
(If he was comparing his Justice to others,
He'd probably say The Fist's was most similar
But he can't figure out
What the old man is thinking
Half the time anyway)
.
He's not uptight, line for line by the book,
Like the Fleet Admiral is
Or obsessive and destructive like that red dog
Or even shallow and joking
Like the light bulb
He has his own brand of justice
.
Some might say he's relaxed
In his beliefs
(He thinks they're wrong,
But there's no need to use the time
Or energy
To point that out)
The people who know him
Would say the opposite
He believes
In absolute justice
For absolute evil
.
If there was one lesson he'd like to tell
His fellow comrades
And subordinates
It's that putting on a white coat
And picking up a rifle
Does not make you the hero
Or the good guy
It just makes you a guy
In a white coat
With a gun
(What you do with that gun, on the other hand...)
.
He'd also like to tell them
(And this lesson seems even harder)
That putting a black flag
Atop your mast
Does not make you evil
It makes you a person
Flying a black flag
.
He has seen the horrors of the world
He has seen young recruits
Open fire on ships
Full of children like them
He has seen pirates burn and slaughter
Entire islands
He has seen death
In all it's forms-
Smelt burning flesh
Heard the cries of the dying
Felt the blood of others stick to his hands
Tasted the ash and despair
And seen the twisted expressions
Of men and women frozen solid where they stood
He wants to tell every young man
Or woman
Who walks through a seagull painted door
That with just a few twists
A few different choices
They could've easily been
One of the faces
Coated in ice
That he sometimes sees
When he closes his eyes
Rather than a wide eyed innocent
Given a gun
And a white coat
And told to go save the world
.
He usually thinks of himself
As a laid back sort of person
He enjoys sunny days
And hot baths
(Which surprises most people)
He would use the word 'chill'
If it didn't sound so much like a bad pun
.
He'd like to say a lot of things
But he knows
That they will fall on deaf ears
So he just relaxes
Slows his step a little
And whenever words like 'Strawhat' and 'close by'
Come in over the phone
On a ship he's commanding
He pretends to take a nap
.
(Because when he thinks of that boy-captain
A certain dark-haired woman
And all the countries and people who will sing them praises
He decides
Perhaps Justice and Freedom
White coats and black flags
Aren't all that different)
Absolute justice
For absolute evil
The color of cloth
Doesn't decide that