Poetic Obituaries: [Spc. Jordan William Hess] could bench-press

300 pounds and then go home and write poetry. He learned the art of glass blowing because it seemed interesting and built a computer with only a magazine as his guide. Most recently, he fell in love with a woman from Brazil and took up digital photography, letting both sweep his heart away.

from The New York Times: 3,000 Deaths in Iraq, Countless Tears at Home

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