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ivor or ivor.e hogg - Tea Time

2014-11-07 1 Dailymotion

My watch says four its time for tea <br /> but I’m not where I ought to be. <br />Instead I’m stuck in this foul trench <br /> amidst the mud and slime and stench <br />Rotting remains which used to be <br />young English soldiers just like me. <br /> <br />My country called I volunteered. <br /> My parents saw me off and cheered <br />They were quite proud to se me go <br /> “To teach some manners to the foe” <br />But now the smoke and gas has cleared <br />I’m on my own just as I feared. <br /> <br />Our forward trenches over run <br /> I’m trapped behind the wily Hun <br />I would surrender if I could <br /> but I cannot I’m losing blood. <br />I think my time is nearly done. <br />The only thing that I have won. <br /> <br />A nameless grave like many more. <br /> No one can calculate the score <br /> of those who died on either side. <br />Involuntary suicide. <br />There are no winners in this war <br />a fact the generals ignore. <br /> <br /> I watch my life blood drain away. <br />Surprised to find I do not mind. <br />I will be pleased: I have to say. <br />to leave this rotten war behind. <br />A game I volunteered to play <br /> I cannot stand another day <br /> <br />The mud the blood and misery <br /> which all around me I can see. <br />I leave behind without regret. <br />But I can see them clearly yet <br />My mothers friends all taking tea <br />I wonder if she’s proud of me.<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tea-time-3/

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