After some time
Although we met
Occasionally
Over the years
But not enough
My fault
And I remember your
Father and sister
And brothers
And my rather
Protracted speech at my
18th birthday party at Old Meadows
I was about to go to war
The important people were there
You
Rupert Barrington Harbage
You know the others
All significant, and
A gentleman farmer
John Heatley – who had been
Tasked (I’m sure) by my father
To tell me he watched
His fellows burn to death in
A tank – at Anzio
And of course as a young fuck
I thanked him and continued to war
John H Davies
17th IX 2026
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