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House of Pain

A little past supper-time
I'm still out on the porch step sitting on my behind,
Waiting for you.
Wondering if everything is alright.
Momma said, "Come in boy, don't waste your time." I said, "I've got time.
Well, he'll be here soon."
Five years old and talking to myself.
Where were you? Where'd you go?
Daddy, can't you tell?
I'm not trying to fake it
And I ain't the one to blame.
There's no one home
In my house of pain.
I didn't write these pages
And my script's been rearranged.
No, there's no one home
In my house of pain
Wasn't I worth the time?
A boy needs a daddy like a dance to mime and all the time
I looked up to you.
I paced my room a million times.
And all I ever got was one big lie, the same old lie.
How could you?
Well, I was eighteen and still talking to myself.
Where were you? Where'd you go?
Daddy can't you tell?
I'm not trying to fake it
And I ain't the one to blame.
There's no one home
In my house of pain
I didn't write these pages
And my script's been rearranged.
No, there's no one home
In my house of pain

And I'm alone again
Well, if I learned anything from this... It's how to live on my own.
by Death Menace June 13, 2023
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House of Pain

Marine Detachment (MARDET) Fort Leonard Wood, MO (FLW) Basic Military Police Schoolhouse U.S. Marine Corps Military Police Instruction Company (MPIC) DoD Interservice Non-Lethal Individual Weapons Instructors Course (INIWIC). Another name for INIWIC. INIWIC is the private school the Marine Corps operates out of FLW, since the program was founded in 1996 at MARDET Fort McClellan until their move to Fort Leonard Wood in 1999. The difference between Level 1 and 2 certifications is that you have to be exposed to OC spray and be tased to graduate with a Level 2 certification as an "instructor". The Legendary Level 3 or Instructor-Trainer certification is only available while you're at the FLW MP Schoolhouse ONLY at the chief instructor or Officer-in-Charge's discretion. Once you return to the fleet or operating force, you're only considered an instructor.
Marine Detachment (MARDET) Fort Leonard Wood, MO (FLW) Basic Military Police Schoolhouse U.S. Marine Corps Military Police Instruction Company (MPIC) DoD Interservice Non-Lethal Individual Weapons Instructors Course (INIWIC). Another name for INIWIC. INIWIC is the private school the Marine Corps operates out of FLW, since the program was founded in 1996 at MARDET Fort McClellan until their move to Fort Leonard Wood in 1999. The difference between Level 1 and 2 certifications is that you have to be exposed to OC spray and be tased to graduate with a Level 2 certification as an "instructor". The Legendary Level 3 or Instructor-Trainer certification is only available while you're at the FLW MP Schoolhouse ONLY at the chief instructor or Officer-in-Charge's discretion. Once you return to the fleet or operating force, you're only considered an instructor. Nicknamed the House of Pain due to the notorious torture of being pepper-sprayed and tasered with a Taser X2 to graduate with Level 2 certification. The current chief instructor is GySgt. Shane Sheaffer.
by kinghiroichi1 April 25, 2025
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