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Not so very long ago. They would run in any pain. To a mother who would hold them close. And they'd know they'd be okay. Now when they fall down. Their mothers nowhere to be seen.
A young man, no more than a boy. Delusions of glory, Golden valediction for imaginary heroes. But there are no heroes where he is going. For he is going to war.
By Winifred Mary Letts There was a man, - don't mind his name, Whom Fear had dogged by night and day. He could not face the German guns And so he turned and ran away.