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The Bicycle Scout

from Still In The War, Boys! by The Crows Of Albion

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commemorating the death of Private John Parr, the first British soldier to be killed in the Great War on 21st August 1914
POETRYFORM: Sicilian Octave

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The Bicycle Scout

bicycle wheel spins in blood drenched Belgian hops
as the echo of a gunshot fades away
behind the gorse hedgerow Private John Parr drops
amid the yellow hypnotic summer sway
he is the first scythe-cut of Britain’s young crops
many come to deathly harvest from this day
and when the madness eventually stops
for him, and those that follow, the world will pray

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

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