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A trench runs by it. A German bomb with its wooden handle, some bottles, a bucket, a petrol tin and some bricks and stones, lie in the trench. A TRENCH RUNS BY IT A GERMAN BOMB WITH ITS WOODEN HANDLE SOME BOTTLES A BUCKET A PETROL TIN AND SOME BRICKS AND STONES LIE IN THE TRENCH
an war. Deep wells, old cellars, battered trenches and dug-outs, lie in the rubbish and weeds under the intricate wreckage of peace and war. It will be a bad place years hence for wanderers lost at night. When the village went, trenches came; and, in the same storm that had crumbled the village, the trenches withered too; shells still thump on to the north, but peace and war alike have deserted the village. Grass has begun to return over torn earth on edges of trenches. Abundant wire rusts away by its twisted stakes of steel. Not a path of old, not a lane nor a doorway there, but is barred and cut off by wire; and the wire in its turn has been cut by shells and lies in ungathered swathes. A pair of wheels moulders amongst weeds, and may be of peace or of war, it is too broken down for anyone to say. A great bar of iron lies cracked across as though one of the elder giants had handled it carelessly. Another mound near by, with an old green beam sticking out of it, was also once a house. ARE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN WAR DEEP WELLS OLDELLARS BATTERED TRENCHES AND DUGOUTS LIE IN THE RUBBISH AND WEEDS UNDER THE INTRICATE WRECKAGE OF PEACE AND WAR IT WILL BE A BAD PLACE YEARS HENCE FOR WANDERS LOST AT NIGHT WHEN THE VILLAGE WENT TRENCHES CAME AND IN THE SAME STORM THAT HAD CRUMBLED THE VILLAGE THE TRENCHES WITHERED TOO SHELLS STILL THUMP ON TO THE NORTH BUT PEACE AND WAR ALIKE HAVE DESERTED THE VILLAGE GRASS HAS BEGUN TO RETURN OVER TORN EARTH ON EDGES OF TRENCHES ABUNDANT WIRE RUSTS AWAY BY ITS TWISTED STAKES OF STEEL NOT A PATH OF OLD NOT A LANE NOR A DOORWAY THERE BUT IS BARRED AND CUT OFF BY WIRE AND THE WIRE IN ITS TURN HAS BEEN CUT BY SHELLS AND LIES IN UNGATHERED SWATHS A PAIR OF WHEELS MOULDERS AMONGST WEEDS AND MAY BE OF PEACE OR OF WAR IT IS TOO BROKEN DOWN FOR ANY ONE TO SAY A GREAT BAR OF IRON LIES CRACKED ACROSS AS THOUGH ONE OF THE ELDER GIANTS HAD HANDLED IT CARELESSLY ANOTHER MOULE NEAR BY WITH AN OLD GREEN BEAM STICKING OUT OF IT WAS ALSO ONCE A HOUSE
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