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The Walls

January 23, 2013
By Kendall Coats BRONZE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Kendall Coats BRONZE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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The walls-
Those walls,
Those dreaded,
Pungent,
Bloody walls.
Forever trapped,
But as soldiers or as men?
They tower like stony castles
And sway with every dropped shell.
The walls-
Dripping and drowning
With the stench of Death.
Those walls...
Is there ever an escape?


The author's comments:
This poem is about trench warfare in WWI.

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