David Lewis Paget Poems

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21.
The Image

I've been looking in the mirror
Every day since I was three,
Till a week ago I looked again
And saw it wasn't me.
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22.
Trench Warfare

From trench to trench
You followed me, to speed
My penance at the midnight hour of life,
Once all was lost, and mine the greater need
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23.
Death Of An Airman

‘Abis, Ackerman, Benson and Blunt,
Stand to attention and look to the front,
Chiswell and Barnett
Who told you to fall out,
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24.
A Blank Page

This page is white as a white can be
Til I lift my pen and trace
A scrawl of black from an inky sac,
A tale of the human race.
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25.
The R.S.M.

‘Atten-shun!
Stand by your gun!
And look in the Frenchies eyes,
They're marching down at the sound of the drum
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26.
The Upside Of Down

The SatNav said, ‘Turn left ahead,
There’s going to be a crash,
A dozen cars are headed in
For one almighty smash! ’
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27.
The Amulet

‘I am so tired, so tired, ’ he said,
‘So tired but cannot sleep, ’
He lay there restless in his bed
But could not even weep.
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28.
Beddgelert - (Pron. Beth-Gelert)

‘There once was a Prince called Llywelyn, Dai bach,
The Lord of this Snowdon Wales,
Back in the mists of the mountain, when times
Saw wolves leave their blood-stained trails.'
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29.
Merman

The wind crept in from the southern gulf
And it rustled through the trees,
As clouds flew over, covered the sun
In some vast conspiracy,
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30.
The Season Of The Witch

Most of the country is hushed out there
As the Moon climbs over the hill,
The creatures out in the wild beware
And the air is breathless, still,
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