Biscuits Burn ( spoken word )

Passchendaele mud boys,
a month and a half of rain.
Hold hard boys
forget about the pain.
Forget the sun you fear and yearn.
We'll heat up the dugout urn.
We'll have a cup of tea.
Because of all this crap they send us
the bloody biscuits burn.
In the deep depths of the dugout
as whizz-bangs fly into mud.
Waiting for our turn
we heat up the dugout urn.
Don't fret about the fates boys,
we'll have a cup of tea.
Don't fret about the rain boys
the bloody biscuits burn.Β

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stellar ink Nigel you put me right in their muddy boots
Poetess I feel honoured to give them voice, thank you.
Nigel
Thank you Cherie, as a historian it is the personal aspect of major events that fascinates me.Β In many account of Passchendaele people talk of the constant sound of machine guns. It was almost constant but the bullets all went nowhere. The early Vickers guns would overheat if you didn't pour water over the barrel, you could make tea with a machine gun so they did.
Thank you again Cherie
Nigel
SIR NIGEL!!.... another BEAUTIFULLY delivered piece of poetic oratory...... your ability to deliver aloud is magnetic....... and VERY original!!......I Love your stuff my friend.......ALL STARS!!...... you have a powerful gift.....a blessing to us all!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!.......T xo β€
Hmmm, Tony, technology just does not like me very much. I just wrote a long response to your kind comment, clicked publish and it went and vanished.
The gist was that Passchendaele for me is the epitome of hell on Earth. Making tea symbolises for me, both historically and poetically, the resilience that human beings are capable of.Β
Now, hopefully this will actually publish.