What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons…

– Wilfred Owen

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure it sprang into existence from the frothing sea foam when America tm cut off England’s balls and threw them into the Boston harber, a la Birth of Venus.