:20:01
Galtieri took the Unionjack
:20:07
And Maggie over lunch one day
:20:10
Took a cruiser with all hands
:20:14
Apparently
to make him give it back
:20:23
Maggie, what have you done
:20:32
They disembarked in '45
:20:36
And no one spoke
And no one smiled
:20:39
There were too many spaces
in the line
:20:46
And gathered at the cenotaph
:20:50
They all agreed
with hand on heart
:20:54
To sheath the sacrifiicial knives
:20:58
But now
:21:00
She stands upon Southampton Dock
:21:04
With her handkerchief
and her summer frock
:21:08
Clings to her wet body
in the rain
:21:15
In quiet desperation
:21:18
Knuckles white
upon the slippery reins
:21:22
She bravely waves
the boys good-bye again
:21:31
Maggie what have you done
:21:39
And still the dark stain
spreads between
:21:43
Their shoulder blades
:21:50
A mute reminder
:21:54
Of the poppy fiields and graves
:21:59
When the Fiight was over