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The Subsequent Dawn

Bugles
Calling horses
Some missing riders
The enemy dead beyond
A five hour victory march
In the morning the burials commence
The following day all men to rest
And with the subsequent dawn-to start again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)


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