Bayonet charge

• “suddenly he awoke and was running”
• “bullets smacking the belly out of the air- he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
• “in bewilderment then he almost stopped-“
• “in what cold clockwork of the stars and nations“
• “then the shot-slashed furrows“
• “it’s mouth wide, open silent, it’s eyes standing out”
• “king, honour, human dignity, etcetera dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”
• “his terror’s touchy dynamite“