Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PARADE'S END, by OLIVE STODDARD


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PARADE'S END, by                    
First Line: Parade, you little soldiers - strut!
Last Line: (your parade gives me no pleasure!)
Subject(s): Parades


Parade. you little soldiers -- strut!
Immaculate your trappings -- scarlet your coats.
Strut! Parade! Strut!
(Your parade gives me no pleasure!)

I look into a strange microscope
And see through a haze of mephitic air
Foul trenches -- torn flesh --
Scarlet coats -- dripping red
Ground into mud;
Parade you little soldiers --
Strut! Parade! Strut!
(Your parade gives me no pleasure!)





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