"Blighters"

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Title:     "Blighters"
Author: Siegfried Sassoon [More Titles by Sassoon]

The house is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin
And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks
Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din;
"We're sure the Kaiser loves the dear old Tanks!"

I'd like to see a Tank come down the stalls,
Lurching to rag-time tunes, or "Home, sweet Home,"--
And there'd be no more jokes in Music-halls
To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume.

[The end]
Siegfried Sassoon's poem: "Blighters"

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