broken buildings broken windows
orphaned children in uncaring homes
barbed wire and concrete teeth
Victory in Europe...scorched earth
parades and clinking medals
shiny shoes march in parody
tide still washing bodies
paid their ferryman
with dreams of life
Tell those with fly filled mouths
how we bravely fought
Brylcreem and perms
in dancehalls...
Dover's blue birds
starvation ration
egg powder
and Vera Lynn
Unmarked graves like confetti
at cruelties wedding
mass graves, unwanted humanity
more unremarked
damp basements rusting chairs
past nail pulling
furtive fleeing men hiding
lost art discovered
in a siding
Victory!