‘O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died.
Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed,
The Bullets chirped – ‘In vain! vain! vain!’
Machine-guns chuckled, ‘Tut-tut! Tut-tut!’
And the Big Gun guffawed.
Another sighed, – ‘O Mother, Mother! Dad!’
Then smiled, at nothing, childlike, being dead.
And the lofty Shrapnel-cloud
Leisurely gestured, – ‘Fool!’
And the falling splinters tittered.
‘My Love!’ one moaned. Love-languid seemed his mood,
Till, slowly lowered, his whole face kissed the mud.
And the Bayonets’ long teeth grinned;
Rabbles of Shells hooted and groaned;
And the Gas hissed.
(Wilfred Owen)
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