The Poetry Corner

Blighters

By Siegfried Loraine Sassoon

The house is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din; "We're sure the Kaiser loves the dear old Tanks!" I'd like to see a Tank come down the stalls, Lurching to rag-time tunes, or "Home, sweet Home," - And there'd be no more jokes in Music-halls To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume.