TRUE LOVE.

Peoples Vice, 10 May 1943, Page 2

TRUE LOVE.

as the first light shafts of - * ;A '.. ’ , .dawn ? Herald ths birth of another ; t A \ . mom A figure old & dark & bent Poth rise and sneak out from 'His tent As if to keep a certain date ■ k - With Pestiny. v z V;

Quietly moving o’er the ground ; Head A well down’ nor/ looking • A round He passes as a wraith doth - - : \ ■' pass ; - Down the path and o’er the .■ - ...A-/-/ ■ / . ' grass//'?.; Then vanishes between the row ■ , Of Trucks .

Then,tinkle tinkle,hear the / A -■AA/AA'A/A : AA A sound Of tool kit emptied on the / / z -'' ■ . ' ' ground A . a shrill protest as nut is K r " ■ < A turned .A- " And satisfies the pay as ( , earned Per one, full day of labour.■. A '■ x 'ln;- The /may A.

«n> <■» «■» — — So climbs the sun in buoyant ” /A A ‘ " height « And falters as if in sudden • ", : fright A Of - spying camp in .blanket; tuck Nay,just one figure taking from a truck A ■Some waste with which to groom ' A , ' L J'‘ - her -down / A; And Spanners . ■-... / A*. A// ?

how thru the camp the Corporal true A ; Stirring cook and roosters toe dtet no t gray ghost o’er bump- ' er bent / ■ Examining for scratch, or dent « In Hudguard ’ \

<■» «» «P «» «» W «■» «■» Comes the /call 1 rise and shine < ; Hutrings, cursings own the ‘ " ; ••• ’ S- < ..-. A.’ line A--AA 6 Oblivious to all this rising <//■&/■■ •• . . .. heat ASi • Prom neo.th a truck a pair of . ' . feet /. ~ . ; ' Protuding w v ' -

Hushing figures;noise and din Washing face;scraping chin But none compare the gentle . " , : A ’ . AA. ... .’A. stroke ■ Bach curving wheel,each nut, » each spoke, ; On -Vehicle '* | ■•//-' * r J ]u o. . .J, T nr

, Now this A doting • figure . moves ; Tender care ; its levo it prove s # ; Prideful gleams a swimming eye Love Alike.. this can never ie]||| This Passion '

4 Hurry-’calls /the breakfast gong j A husky voice bursts into song But the figure old and* gray . Still croons and polishes away AAA?// ; - At Paintwork , -.A- ; ■' 7 ’ -™-™-A A/BaA

The , Sgt.scars up from his seat The meal is quickly losing heat To. the -figure bathed.. in sweat < - /You' bloody . old ’ fool . Bob : c erne A . . /'and get Your Breakfast