DOUBLE DATING DEATH

You entered the War arena at a tender age

You were kept in the dark at that stage

Through your training and deployment

You received a pittance of payment from that moment

Your character was being moulded

By the Regimental Sergeants Major you were scolded!

Your qualities were recorded

Again with medals you were rewarded

You were sent on missions into No Man’s Land

You and your Buddies found that grande

Behind Enemy lines

Not even for your troops to find!

On a hill without shelter

Moving only at night for food and water

Then your skills to ply once more you would  hone

Identifying your Target and without a groan

You would with one shot from your 50mm Sniper Rifle

Turn the victims brains and guts into pulp

Yes, you were Double Dating Death without fear

Knowing  that your days back in the States were near!

YOU NEVER NEEDED AN ALIBI FOR AN ASSASSIN!

© William Ernest Cox  2016

Thursday 8 September 2016 SOUTH AFRICA