Their spraying bullets came—no time for breath.

I saw men’s stomachs fall out on their knees;

And shouting faces, while they shouted, freeze

Into black, bony masks. Before we knew

We’re into them.... ‘Swine!’—‘Die, then’—‘That’s for you.’

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“The next that I remember was a lull

And sated pause. I saw an old, old man

Lying before my feet with shattered skull

And both my arms dripped red. And then came Bran