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The story of the infamous Angel Of Mons incident, whereby it was commonly believed that angels had appeared to lead British soldiers to safety on 22nd August 1914 - later proved to be a hoax
POETRY FORM: Octave

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Angel of Mons

Perhaps it was the heartbeat of the guns
Thump-thumping in a cacophonic rage,
or the secret, sly, scurry of the rats
that banished sleep those first nights at the front.
For when I marched, the sky became a wall,
the moonlight through the dust made me believe
I saw some great cathedral in the gloom,
with windows of stained glass cast from the stars.

We lay upon the slick and oozing wounds,
etched deep into the body of the land,
for so long that the earth began to draw
us back towards its decayed, tombstone, teeth.
Oh, for the archers fresh from Agincourt
to cloud the skies with arrows quilled with hope.
Alas, poor Machen’s bowmen stayed at home,
safe in soft sheets of the Evening News.

I prayed and drowned beneath the tide of blood.
Just as all faith began to ebb away
a cry rang out across the Flanders fields
of “Adsit Anglis Sanctus Georgius”,
and to my tired eyes I thought I saw
a figure clothed in gold rise from the mud.
With wings unfurled and flaming sword held high
this angel led us from the hell of Mons.

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from Still In The War, Boys!, released October 3, 2014

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