Sublime sunset pageantry,
Blood in the clouds,
Hymns and homecoming parades
Of swallow squadrons:
Wingover stories,
Over-waters glories.
There’s thunder in the near-distance –
But then, there always was –
The incredible intelligences,
The wasted, glorious braveries,
The ever-lamentable, always-terrible
Costs of wars.
16/5/2013
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