Sunday, November 26, 2017

BUSH BABIES



BUSH BABIES
II. 49th Isonzo


I can’t blame the war for coming between us.
I said: Adventure’s the blood of young manhood!
You said: Draw it, then—Doc Bellum’s constant prescription, leech at ready.
I said: Patriotism’s the formula for a love that crosses the borders of the personal.
You said: And war is its necessary antidote.
I said: Duty’s the polestar of civilization.
You said: Warfare, its magnetic opposite!
And so it went, battle upon battle….

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