Read on down below (for C & C) and...
N.B. The words presented inbetween *'s are supposed to be read as *in
italics* but I'm refraining from using Rich Text Format (which may give me
italics but gives some of you lotza irritation).
Bob


The Marriage

Round her skirt I still tried to watch the news
as more violent words ripped bulkheads
with a force as strong as nature on a structure
that had been launched with cheers, bought
and re-sold, and was now called *General Belgrano.*

On the screen many talking heads, Jon Snow
pushing models, saying which direction she sailed
out of the conflict, or so she thought, as in the depths,
because this is the way it always gets done,
the cold command was being followed, *Engage.*

I went outside, watched the blood moon rise,
heard next door’s cat’s yowl and another’s replies,
then, still not knowing what to say, returned,
and still a snatch of old film, the guesses,
while, next to me, a face that gleamed *Gotcha.*

Later, in a pub, I heard one of the submariners
slowly talking through the crump of each distant hit,
saying, *No, no cheering. In fact somebody wept.
And me? I just sat there, did what I had to,
even when, far below, the last big explosion began.*


Bob

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