Poetry Corner - Army Khaki

D220 Army Khaki

This was not the colour that she wanted to purchase

It really should have been Dark Navy, Solent Blue

As she knew from her Uncle and Grandfather

Sea is safer, so much of it hides you.

In wartime, the infantry is not the place to be

Her son and guns were never meant to mix

She would much rather sew a bell-bottomed

Leg, than be given a tunic to fix.

Sarah Miller Walters