AGAINST THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC – ACTON28.BLOG

Fought for Queen and Country

Drives a van for Asda

Battled sandstorms, landmines, and budgets readily

Pumping oil from near Basra

Why did they serve?



Away from family for months and days

Eddie Stobart rejecting tank commanders

Bodies fed on greedily by strays

Bills at the floor of the doors as bailiffs panders

Vulnerable as all.



Criminal courts ripping up old yarns

Furiously cashing in on earned medals

Looters dashing from farms to barns

PTSD, shellshock, forgotten jacketed, outcasted rebels

Witnessed the fall.



Owen, Sassoon, Armitage, Duffy, or Agard

Signed up with support lacking equipment

Stories lost, retold, or given little regard

Brutally shown reality of near-empty shipment

Exposed to much more.



War to war, always the same

For King, for Queen and service to crown

New players in the same old game

Faded uniform blends to funeral gown

The end begins.