Convalesced amongst peaks and valleys,
Verdant and undulating over Afon Ebwy,
I paid my way through the colliery
With but a baker's dozen of years behind me.
Seduced by the hanging-left red scare,
I rejected ancient teachings and scripture
For a life of advocacy, plagued with
This body, my ever-failing vessel.
Conscribed to compulsory service,
My anatomy owned by some Great War,
Though my...
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