Main message

• Conflict is war and the poet’s internalized panic desperate to get to safety.

  This poem uses list, questions and short unfinished sentences to show chaos and fear. British army equals army of occupation. Extreme shock and disorientation caused by war, inability to convey the reality of the riot. Loss of identity.
• The poem describes an act of violence during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The poem uses punctuation marks as metaphors for the various aspects of war.