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At Second Sight
Shot Down - Benny Goodman
Smith got the chop last night, I watched him
go
A fiery streak across the savage sky;
Burning and breaking up, a crimson glow,
A fearful, searing, bloody way to die.
He only joined our flight a week ago,
A timid little chap, devoid of fun,
And ill at ease deep down, quiet and slow,
No time to make a friend of anyone.
Last night a fighter jumped him, belching
fire;
The Mossie shuddered, then blew up and spun.
Smith spiralled earthward in his funeral
pyre,
Another grieving mother’s only son.
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