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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Hudson Hawley, Pvt. M.G. Bn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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JUST THINKIN\u2019
\nStandin\u2019 up here on the fire-step,
\nLookin\u2019 ahead in the mist,
\nWith a tin hat over your ivory
\nAnd a rifle clutched in your fist;
\nWaitin\u2019 and watchin\u2019 and wond\u2019rin\u2019
\nIf the Hun\u2019s comin\u2019 over tonight \u2013
\nSay, ain\u2019t the things you think of
\nEnough to give you a fright?<\/p>\n
Things you ain\u2019t even thought of
\nFor a couple o\u2019 months or more;
\nThings that \u2018ull set you laughin\u2019,
\nThings that \u2018ull make you sore;
\nThings that you saw in the movies,
\nThings that you saw on the street,
\nThings that you\u2019re really proud of,
\nThings at are \u2013 not so sweet.<\/p>\n
Debts that are past collectin\u2019,
\nStories you hear and forget,
\nBall games and birthday parties,
\nHours of drill in the wet;
\nHeadlines, recruitin\u2019 posters,
\nSunsets\u2019way out at sea,
\nEvenings of pay days \u2013 golly,
\nIt\u2019s a queer thing, this memory!<\/p>\n
Faces of pals in Homeburg
\nVoices of women folk,
\nVerses you learnt in schooldays,
\nPop up in the mist and smoke,
\nAs you stand there, grippin\u2019 that rifle,
\nA-starin\u2019, and chilled to the bone,
\nWonderin\u2019 and wonderin\u2019 and wonderin\u2019,
\nJust thinkin\u2019 there \u2013 all alone!<\/p>\n
When will the war be over?
\nWhen will the gang break through?
\nWhat will the U.S. look like?
\nWhat will there be to do?
\nWhere will the Boches be then?
\nWho will have married Nell?
\nWhen\u2019s that relief a-comin\u2019 up?
\nGosh! But this thinkin\u2019s hell!
\nHUDSON HAWLEY, Pvt. MG. Bn.<\/p>\n
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Hudson Hawley, Pvt. M.G. Bn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n