Would it suit me to do my duty for
Queen and country when all around me
what I can see
is the crumbling edifice of community
and the remains of a once
proud history.
Army?
and we become salvation, but for whom
if the bell should toll in that dreadful way
should I stay and fight or drift off into
the calamity of what is the endless night?
I dress in suits of many types
(he writes)
yet each suit is the same,
as underneath
there is no change
and the questioner remains.
Jun 5, 2016
Jun 5, 2016 at 5:00 PM UTC
Would it suit me to do my duty for
Queen and country when all around me
what I can see
is the crumbling edifice of community
and the remains of a once
proud history.
Army?
and we become salvation, but for whom
if the bell should toll in that dreadful way
should I stay and fight or drift off into
the calamity of what is the endless night?
I dress in suits of many types
(he writes)
yet each suit is the same,
as underneath
there is no change
and the questioner remains.
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