POETRY: (SO IN TOLD)

Gun Flash, Issue II, 9 January 1943, Page 3

POETRY: (SO IN TOLD)

, .The following ode is the work. of one of 204’s v aspirants to the Foil of 7-lbnour on the latrine Scroll. / L ■ ■ ■ . . .. > .. . ■ < ■/ I dbdicuto this od to the Sergeants -bold,.’/: To the twerps who boss ua arcUiZ, ,■ .tho wave their wands rxv*. do Ihex:.* - ■ '' ' /z c 3.. iu, ■ If voire’ lite who:, t,’. . ■ \ bIQWE« On me as par ad. e there’a a rule they’ve c mad©,.- : To line un u,x in time,, ' If e? pinvte l'»t©, then. Sgt. hATH, . A juic * f atigua? /ill find ”.. When the Queue's all t/ru’ and Waive - ' eaten on* .rtew, * Al., Seated around, oil. th:; grass, -.With ;atetcly //it tney ofc^lb' up 1/t 0, And irto their, -hoas. tent yasv* '■ ’. , ' ’ , > ■•///;/.;./ ' . At aeven sharp one twangs, hie harp. Too parade ground for us to adorn, Tab pomp one. ceremony of tho scene, Befits no this land of thorn, : ■ With countenance grim, >sot anglu of z ' /.chin, -■

Sheet expended like fourpemv rd’ its, ■ Tac-r abuse us ' lostwe turn a hair, - 2nd call it Idlerly habits. They detail u a work and lest we I. shirk, A* boirto is placed ip charge, . ■.- One notices chiefly throughout the da,} Th© noticeable: absence of :J Say , ; .. . ~ After *. ■ ; xty ©tea: w' j/. 'e roll the, j , ta c, / And bust to 7/w ;obl’ •*©<? ft-f , It’c easy for’ then, to suid'.ns'to toil, \ ' Vh’ilfr 4 ..y craw? .ok to their tents When ration* cue, :<t'iGyt'rh up f ■> • < h, And Ihtfl vs in sin/la filo, While they pvc . ■ *nd .collect : tho ‘ •' ■■■; . >;t 'f ■ Mid; exit hm-ytly n;- a call 5. vow this f;• pef.7.//;. /i/ no lot, it x:x, hat rhen •/£.?.■' *iy. in., -■ s . Blame nugnot if >tir- whiriperol' no t,. . Sergent , :r GAI yov r<Tr.i u . .• ’