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Gas and grief

April 6, 2014
By HermioneHainsworth PLATINUM, Leeds, Other
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A dark green mass,
ready to kill,
Comes in a cloud
As it climbs up the hill.

I can't breathe,
I'm going to die,
These are my last words,
I'm saying "Good-bye".

Remember me by the poppies so red.
Remember us all,
Remember the dead.

© Whitney T., Glenpool, OK

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For the soldiers of ww1, inspired by my recent trips to French Battlefields and memorials
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