This Band of Brothers

Donny Prater needs our help. His new book is out on Amazon and we would do our best to help promote it. But it will not be an easy fight. But it will be a glorious fight. In fact, I just jotted down a few words that came to me just now to help explain what kind of fight its going to be...

Rather proclaim it, Blogoids, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the Day of Donny's Book.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Donny's Book.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is the Day of Donny's Book.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Donny's Book day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
A Mile From The Beach, Icon and Bittersweet Life,
Carioca and Changes Daily, Hinterland and Someone Keeps Moving My Chair-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Donny's Book day shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
Make him a member of the gentry, even if he is a commoner.
And gentlemen in the blogosphere now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Donny's Book day.

Yeah, I think that about says it all.

A Warrior Culture: Surrounding Yourself With Dangerous Men of God
Published by Xulon Press (a division of Salem Communications), Longwood, FL.
Donny Prater © 2006.
ISBN: 1-60034-527-1

Now Available at Amazon.com