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THE HORROR OF IT -- CAMERA RECORDS OF WAR'S GRUESOME GLORIES

COLD STEEL

HARVEST

THE HUNTERS

THE HUNTED

REMAINS

REMEMBER AGAIN!
By R. W. Stewart

Rain in the blackness.  Stabs of flame in the blackness.
Whines and groans in the blackness.
Remember?
Remember again.

Rockets at dawn.  Shells, come and gone.
Mists in the dawn.
Cheers in the dawn.
Remember?
Remember again.

Stillness at noon.  Curses in the stillness of noon.
Writhing bodies at noon.  Still bodies at noon.
Remember?  Remember again.

Flashing shovels at twilight.  Prayers at twilight.
Dry-eyed men at twilight.  Soul-twisted men at twilight.
Remember?
Remember again.

Time will pass.  Crises will rise.
Remember?
Remember again.

These verses originally appeared in the editorial columns of the Boston Herald.  They were sent to the Herald by the author, who described himself as a private in the army and asked that the verses be "put some place."

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BLACKNESS

PRAYERS

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