I carried something deep inside
my pocket like Frodo's ring
with the cruel gravity of Jupiter making every step beside you a slog through Russian snow
I never told you
I couldn't bear the thought
you wouldn't fight
and oh how valiant you were!
Even that French emperor that I have in pewter in a box in storage
would have thumped you on the shoulder
Oh tu as un cœur de lion!
yet a lion had already clamped its teeth into your shoulder
such pain
and you fought impossibly
until you finally fell into that shadowy shaft without knowing that I had carried a secret for eighteen months
that you, mon brave soldat, had only six months to live
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017 at 5:31 AM UTC
I carried something deep inside
my pocket like Frodo's ring
with the cruel gravity of Jupiter making every step beside you a slog through Russian snow
I never told you
I couldn't bear the thought
you wouldn't fight
and oh how valiant you were!
Even that French emperor that I have in pewter in a box in storage
would have thumped you on the shoulder
Oh tu as un cœur de lion!
yet a lion had already clamped its teeth into your shoulder
such pain
and you fought impossibly
until you finally fell into that shadowy shaft without knowing that I had carried a secret for eighteen months
that you, mon brave soldat, had only six months to live
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