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| The Boys Of Winter By <color #00a2e8>__Alan Bold__</color> | The Boys Of Winter By <color #00a2e8>__Alan Bold__</color> | ||
| - | Snow around their boots, they gather// | + | * Snow around their boots, they gather |
| - | Like and embodiment of the weather:// | + | * Like and embodiment of the weather: |
| - | Huddled there, herded like cattle.// | + | * Huddled there, herded like cattle. |
| - | They are animals dressed for battle. | + | * They are animals dressed for battle. |
| + | * | ||
| + | * One smokes, another sprawls, | ||
| + | * Three of them sloganise the walls | ||
| + | * They look askance at Princes Street | ||
| + | * Defiantly in their defeat: | ||
| + | * Their breaths clouds in the cold. | ||
| + | * | ||
| + | * These young boys, horribly old, | ||
| + | * Having nothing (heads shorn of hair). | ||
| + | * The do nothing, pollute the air | ||
| + | * With verbal debris, have nothing to declare. | ||
| + | * They look ahead and blankly stare: | ||
| + | * Their eyes are onions of despair. | ||
| - | One smokes, another sprawls,// | ||
| - | Three of them sloganise the walls// | ||
| - | They look askance at Princes Street// | ||
| - | Defiantly in their defeat:// | ||
| - | Their breaths clouds in the cold. | ||
| - | These young boys, horribly old, // | ||
| - | Having nothing (heads shorn of hair).// | ||
| - | The do nothing, pollute the air// | ||
| - | With verbal debris, have nothing to declare.// | ||
| - | They look ahead and blankly stare:// | ||
| - | Their eyes are onions of despair.// | ||
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