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NIGHT ROAD by ROBERT A. DONALDSON

First Line: A PITCH-BLACK ROAD, AND RAIN
Last Line: THE NOISY BUMPING OF A CAMION TRAIN.
Subject(s): NIGHT; ROADS; WAR; WORLD WAR I; BEDTIME; PATHS; TRAILS; FIRST WORLD WAR;

ROBERT A. DONALDSON

A pitch-black road, and rain;
Mud underfoot;
No lights;
The crunch of wheels;
The jangle of a chain;
The noisy bumping of a camion train.

Dim forms;
The shuffling steps of men;
The slush of mud;
A vivid lightning flash,
A rocket's glare,
A shell's slow droning through the air.

Black dank woods;
An endless wagon line;
A spurt of fire,
Across—then blackness;
Endless rain;
The noisy bumping of a camion train.



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