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Reddit - Original Content Poetry 10/19/19

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By the visible breath of the soldiers they could tell who was afraid, trying to keep their composure the bravest amongst them prayed. 1 The bravest of the bravest lot mounted his horse and began a speech to try and rouse his men to fight to the very last man. 2 ‘The safest place for you’ he roared ‘is not at home by the hearth these men will desolate your home and waste your place of birth!’. 3 The enemy general made a speech but not for the sake of morale, his men were trained and ruthless folk listening only for ‘how’. 4 ‘We’ve come too far to go back now, auxiliaries form your front, and thin the lines, I’m confident you men can take the brunt’. 5 And so the lines were all drawn up and nothing was left to scout, the top of the hill a screaming force, the bottom a lack of doubt. 6 The omnipresent general gave his clever commands, the cavalry would wait for the charge and circle round the advance. 7 The mass of men ran down the hill and straight into the trap. They smashed into the auxiliary lines but the cavalry smashed them back. 8 From unity to single men the battle was all but lost, the bravest of the bravest man disarmed, but still strode forth. 9 He pulled a cavalryman from his horse and blow by blow by blow, he smashed a senior officer whose men, no fear did show. 10 The bravest of the bravest man then turned to face his people, and found that most were scattering beneath the great gold Eagle. 11 1 2

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