quote about dad
Father would sooner him dead than in disgrace - was proud to see him gone
Quote from mum
Perhaps his mother whimpered how sheād fret until he got a nice safe wound to nurse
quote about sister
Sisters would wish girls too could shoot, charge, curse
Quote about torture
āAnd misses teased the hunger of his brainā
Criticism of government
āAt the pleasure of this worlds Powers whoād run amokā
Expectations from home
Death sooner than dishonour thatās the style!
Heād seen men ā¦
Shoot their hands, on night patrol. Their people never knew
Why did the soldier kill himself
āIt was the reasoned crisis of his soul Against more days of inescapable thrallā
Fire quote
āCurtained with fire, roofed in with creeping fire, slow grazing fire, that would not burn him wholeā