Benedict's old man
was one of Monty's lot
in North Africa in ww2
in tanks across dry deserts;
getting a taxi into Cairo
while other soldiers walked.
And those back street ******
did he as with others venture
their dark shores?
Benedict never asked
he was just a kid
after war's end.
He did see photos
of his old man in khaki
leaning against a fence,
smoking a pipe
an English looking Errol Flynn.
Never spoke much
of war or times there
just of tanks and Monty
standing in powerful stance
and his old man
watching in a trance.
Sep 27, 2017
Sep 27, 2017 at 1:18 PM UTC
Benedict's old man
was one of Monty's lot
in North Africa in ww2
in tanks across dry deserts;
getting a taxi into Cairo
while other soldiers walked.
And those back street ******
did he as with others venture
their dark shores?
Benedict never asked
he was just a kid
after war's end.
He did see photos
of his old man in khaki
leaning against a fence,
smoking a pipe
an English looking Errol Flynn.
Never spoke much
of war or times there
just of tanks and Monty
standing in powerful stance
and his old man
watching in a trance.
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