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Hill 60

poppies blood
on the green grass
on the hills of mud
away they pass...
 
© by Jan Theuninck

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WW1Hill 60Jan TheuninckZillebekeYpresGreat War

Blood Brothers In Arms

Blood Brothers In Arms

 

My uncle Jack nearly died

in the battle of the Somme.

Crawling from his trench

he was the victim of the bomb

that threw him in the air

and killed his brother, Tom.

 

Deafened by the blast

and blinded by the mud

he lay upon the battlefield

drowning in his blood,

praying God would save him

as only his God could.

 

But the gods ...

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