the gothic line

By celticman

Fri, 20 Jul 2018
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He offered drunken prayers for the dead

Wanted to call his pals on the blower

Those who knew

How artillery weighs the soul

Keeps you in touch with yourself

Welcomes a reunion of men

Ten-to-the dozen

Fifty years erasing a free-fire zone

What was no longer part of the whole

Best to stand on guard

You brought it home

Decades of the new cold war

Certificate PG
Poem
A room with a Glasgow View
Biography

Comments

Submitted by london_calling79 on

'How artillery weighs the soul' fantastic line. And the cold war one. And all the rest. These people's stories need to be preserved but they rarely talk about it - even amongst themselves.

 

Submitted by celticman on

yeh, as you know and as you show the wrong people keep telling us the story of our success. That's make-believe. We try and get to reality. Never do. but try. Schools are your battlefield. Keep shooting down the liars and their lies.