1915

Onslaught

Grotesque

Long-forgotten

Excrement rotting duckboard

Lice-infested vermin blurred within our souls

Stagnant distorted mirrors fractured without reflection

Obscene suspended fates

Pointless sorties advance and retreat our limbo

Slaughtered soil shelters no seed

Incompetent with fear for the front

Incomprehensibly unable to step backwards

Confusion reigns

Glory to the flag

For King and country

A noble death awaits those called to the shallows

Amongst it all, the known and unknown shoulder to shoulder

Rhythmically pulsing