(* Inspired by George Sassoon)
  
 An average, teen-aged soldier boy, 
 Once lived each day in simple joy;
 And often wandered through the park, 
 To whistle with each singing lark.
  
 In winter foxholes, bleak and gray, 
 A “Dear John�?letter came his way; 
 He put a bullet through his head,
 And no one cared that he was dead. 
  
 You smug civilians who don’t care,
 For GIs fighting over there;
 Thank God that you will never know,
 That hell where youth and laughter go.