Exposure Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
Q
Our brains ache
A
In the merciless iced east winds that knive us
2
Q
But
A
Nothing happens
3
Q
We hear the mad gusts
A
Tugging on the wire
4
Q
War lasts,
A
Rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy
5
Q
Dawn massing in the east
A
Her melancholy army attacks once more
6
Q
Sudden successive flights
A
Of bullets streak the silence
7
Q
Pale flakes with fingering stealth
A
Come feeling for our faces
8
Q
Slowly our ghosts drag home :
A
Glimpsing the sunk fires
9
Q
Shutters and doors,all closed:
A
On us the doors are closed
10
Q
Since we believe not otherwise
A
Therefore not loath,we lie out here;therefore were born
11
Q
For the love
A
Of God seems dying
12
Q
Tonight,this frost will
A
Fasten on this mud and us
