A Song Of The Sandbags by Robert William Service

No, Bill, I’m not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh
(The cove be’ind the sandbags ain’t a death-or-glory cuss).
And though I strafes ‘em good and ‘ard I doesn’t ‘ate the Boche,
I guess they’re mostly decent, just the same as most of us.
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Café Comedy by Robert William Service

She

I’m waiting for the man I hope to wed.
I’ve never seen him - that’s the funny part.
I promised I would wear a rose of red,
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February 23 by David Lehman

Light rain is falling in Central Park
but not on Upper Fifth Avenue or Central Park West
where sun and sky are yellow and blue
Winds are gusting on Washington Square
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