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HAUNTING FLARES

from SPLIT W/ TROMBLON by LIKE PIGS ON EMBERS

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.


Pliés en deux comme de vieux mendiants sous leur sac,
Les genoux cagneux, toussant comme des sorcières, jurant, sacrant, nous avancions dans la boue,
Jusqu'à tourner le dos aux fusées éclairantes, notre hantise
Et à nous mettre à patauger péniblement vers notre lointain repos.
Les hommes dormaient debout. Beaucoup avaient perdu leurs brodequins
Mais continuaient, boitant, les pieds en sang. Tous estropiés, tous aveugles ;
Ivres de fatigue, sourds même au mugissement
Des obus de Cinq-neuf qui au bout de leur course, distancés, tombaient dans notre dos.

Les gaz ! les gaz ! Vite les gars ! Extase de tâtonnement,
Ajuster les masques peu pratiques juste à temps —
Mais voilà que quelqu'un se mit à hurler, à trébucher,
À se débattre comme un homme dans les flammes et la chaux…
Flou, derrière nos vitres embuées et l'épaisse lumière verte,
Comme une mer verte, je le vis se noyer.

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from SPLIT W/ TROMBLON, released October 12, 2017

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