A Day At The Beach
Training.
Remember your training!
When the bow ramp drops, charge!
Pull the bolt back, forward, & aim
Pull the trigger, make your enemy quiver!
Stop shaking!
It's just a day at the beach!
There's vomit on me uniform. Is it mine?
Might be Bill's next to me. He's seasick
Pull the bolt back, forward, & aim
Pull the trigger, make your enemy quiver!
Mam's birthday! June 6th. How could I forget!
I should've wrote before we left.
I'll be gettin’ wrong when I get back!
Why didn't you write, so I knew you were alright?
Vomit. Vomit.
Aw, it's me. Sorry Bill
It's OK lad, we're all wearing our breakfast!
Sea’s getting choppy. Must be close…
Pull the bolt back, forward, & aim
Pull the trigger, make your enemy quiver!
Prepare yourselves lads!
Aye, Sarge!
Just a day at the beach! Happy Birthday, Mam. Training. Training
Pull the bolt back, forward, & aim
Pull the trigger, make your enemy quiver!
Shaking. Stop shaking!
Just stay beside me lad.
OK Bill.
The bow ramp's halfway down
Training!
Pull the er…thingy back, forward, & aim
Pull the trigger, make your enemy quiver!
Out! Out! Out!
Aye, Sarge!
The water’s bloody freezin’! What's that noise?
Ratataatatatatatat…
Come on lad! OK Bill. Happy birthday, Mam. Just a day at the- Oh, god!
Training! Remember training!
Pull the trigger, aim, bolt forward….
Ratatatatatatatatat…
Bill! You've got blood on your face!
Bill! Oh, Jesus! Oh, god!
Pull the quiver, let them trigger.. Aim
Men & boys lying lame
Where's me rifle? Sarge, I've lost…
Ratatatatatatatataatatatat…
Mam! Mam! I mean Sarge! I've lost-
I'm lost! I'm lost!
I've made it to the beach! I'm on the bea-
It's gone quiet.
I can taste the sand. Why's it red?
Turning red
Almost dead. Almost dead
Something about training, I think…
Pull the bolt…Bill, Where's Bill?
Mams Birthday! Happy Birthday, Mam!
Wonder if she made a cake?
Aw, aye, she has!
Stephen Atkinson
Wed 13th Nov 2024 22:38
Thanks Uilleam, I took it as a compliment. 🤗 And thank you, master war poet, Stephen G!