Power and Conflict.

In ‘Storm on the island’.

‘spit____________________’

spit like a tame cat turned savage

In ‘Storm on the island’.

‘Exploding ______________’

Exploding comfortably

In ‘Kamikaze’.

‘shaven_______, _________ ’

shaven head, full of powerful incantations

In ‘Kamikaze’.

‘One-way _______________’

One-way journey into history

In ‘Kamikaze’.

‘which has _________________________’

which has been better way to die

In ‘Kamikaze’.

‘no longer _________________________’

no longer the father we loved

In ‘Bayonet Charge’.

‘Suddenly ______________’

Suddenly he awoke and was running

In ‘Bayonet Charge’.

‘He was _______________________’

He was running like a man who jumped up in the dark and runs

In ‘Bayonet Charge’.

‘He lugged _________________’

He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm

In ‘Bayonet Charge’.

‘Bullets ___________________’

Bullets smacking the belly out of the air

In ‘Remains’.

‘His bloody___________________’

His bloody life in my bloody hands

In ‘Emigree’.

‘It may _____________’

It may be sick with tyrants

In ‘Emigree’.

‘I am ________________________________’

I am branded by an impression of sunlight

In ‘Checking out me history’.

‘Blind ___________________________’

Blind me to me own identity

In ‘Checking out me history’.

‘I carving ______________________’

I carving out me identity

In ‘London’.

‘mind-forged _________________’

mind-forged manacles I hear

In ‘London’.

‘mark ________________. Marks ____________, mark ___________________’

mark in every face I meet. Marks of weakness, mark of woe