Germany, your name is Night,
Darkening every coast and clime:
Even when you show a light
It is filthy, it’s a crime.
As our punctual blinds come down
And the doodle shows his claws,
This is what annoys the town—
You can break the black-out laws.
July 23,1944
(A P Herbert)
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