~
a hundred years gone
old champions are called
to gather one last time
weary clansmen not for
battle or acts of derring-do,
to proudly stand with
warriors of today,
old war wounds bravely put
aside for one last hoorah
one final revel in the sun,
a bent, battered battalion
take their rightful place
to call out ‘we’ve been there
done that, got the medals
you must all now strive
to do the same’.
(Junior Boys Javelin 1966)
© Graham R Sherwood 7/25
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