What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons…

– Wilfred Owen

  • @Murais@lemmy.one
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    461 year ago

    The fuck does this dude think soldiers did in the Civil War and World War I?

    They had nothing but time and laudanum. You do the fucking math.