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