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He hobbled blithely through the garden gate, And thought: "Thank God they had to amputate!" HE HOBBLED BLITHELY THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE AND THOUGHT THANK GOD THEY HAD TO AMPUTE
 said: "You'd think so much bereavement would have made Unusual big demands upon my trade. The War comes cruel hard on some poor folk-- Unless the fighting, stops I'll soon be broke." He eyed the Cemetery across the road-- "There's scores of bodies out abroad, this while, That should be here by rights; they little know'd How they'd get buried in such wretched style." I told him, with a sympathetic grin, That Germans boil dead soldiers down for fat; And he was horrified. "What shameful sin! O sir, that Christian men should come to that!" THE ONE-LEGGED MAN Propped on a stick he viewed the August weald; Squat orchard trees and oasts with painted cowls; A homely, tangled hedge, a corn-stooked field, With sound of barking dogs and farmyard fowls. And he'd come home again to find it more Desirable than ever it was before. How right it seemed that he should reach the span Of comfortable years allowed to man! Splendid to eat and sleep and choose a wife, Safe with his wound, a citizen of life.  SECTION FORTY FIVE OF THE WAR POEMS OF SIGSOON BY SIGUN READ FOR LIBERVOX DAT ORG BY MARK HISSONG THE ONE LEGGED MAN PROPPED ON A STICK HE VIEWED THE AUGUST WIELD SQUAT ORCHARD TREES AND OATHS WITH PAINTED COWS A HOMELY TANGLED HEDGE A CORN STICKED FIELD WITH SOUND OF BARKING DOGS AND FARMYARD FOWLS AND HE'D COME HOME AGAIN TO FIND IT MORE DESIRABLE THAN EVER IT WAS BEFORE HOW RIGHT IT SEEMED THAT HE SHOULD REACH THE SPAN OF COMFORTABLE YEARS ALOUD TO MAN SPLENDID TO EAT AND SLEEP AND CHOOSE A WIFE SAFE WITH HIS WOUND A CITIZEN OF LIFE
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