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THE JOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE'D EVEN HAVE HIS JOKE
Last Line: AND NOW GOD KNOWS WHEN I SHALL HEAR THE REST!
Subject(s): WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
He'd even have his joke
While we were sitting tight,
And so he needs must poke
His silly head in sight
To whisper some new jest
Chortling, but as he spoke
A rifle cracked....
And now God knows when I shall hear the rest!



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