Bayonet Charge

• (1) "Suddenly he awoke and was running-raw/ In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy"
• (2) "Bullets smacking the belly out of the air-/ He lugged a rifle numbas a smashed arm"
• (3) "In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations/ Was he the hand pointing that second? He was running"
• (4) "Threw up a hare that rolled like a flame/ And crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide"
• (5) "King, honour, human dignity, etcetera/ Dropped like luxuries [...] His terror's touchy dynamite"