Albert J. Cook,
Sgt., Hq. Detch.,—Army Corps.
NOVEMBER ELEVENTH
We stood up and we didn’t say a word,
It felt just like when you have dropped your pack
After a hike, and straightened out your back
And seem just twice as light as any bird.
We stood up straight and, God! but it was good!
When you have crouched like that for months, to stand