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WAR . 2022
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NOTHING CHANGED
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It was all undone at daybreak
when the birds stopped singing.
when the birds stopped singing.
In a shelter, 'eleven by seven'
we sat together, taut and tense.
The siren's undulating wail
was followed by a trio of blasts,
the klaxon's rasp of imminent danger.
we sat together, taut and tense.
The siren's undulating wail
was followed by a trio of blasts,
the klaxon's rasp of imminent danger.
Three other noises filled the air.
The fut, fut, fut of a spitfire's gun;
its engine's whine and pulsing hum
and the robotic drone of a flying bomb
spitefully coded and ready to drop.
Fear caught our breath as it’s engine cut
and the spitfire pilot sped away, fast.
The fut, fut, fut of a spitfire's gun;
its engine's whine and pulsing hum
and the robotic drone of a flying bomb
spitefully coded and ready to drop.
Fear caught our breath as it’s engine cut
and the spitfire pilot sped away, fast.
Hell in fury was bearing down
like a death-wish express.
A direct hit, nothing less.
like a death-wish express.
A direct hit, nothing less.
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extract from a poem by Joy Hobbs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a2734670.shtml
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This is about war.
The war in Ukraine.
Has humanity learned anything in centuries of war allover the world?
When will it stop?
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