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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. |
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| - | One smokes, another sprawls, | + | * One smokes, another sprawls, |
| - | Three of them sloganise the walls | + | * Three of them sloganise the walls |
| - | They look askance at Princes Street | + | * They look askance at Princes Street |
| - | Defiantly in their defeat: | + | * Defiantly in their defeat: |
| - | Their breaths clouds in the cold. | + | * Their breaths clouds in the cold. |
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| - | These young boys, horribly old, | + | * These young boys, horribly old, |
| - | Having nothing (heads shorn of hair). | + | * Having nothing (heads shorn of hair). |
| - | The do nothing, pollute the air | + | * The do nothing, pollute the air |
| - | With verbal debris, have nothing to declare. | + | * With verbal debris, have nothing to declare. |
| - | They look ahead and blankly stare: | + | * They look ahead and blankly stare: |
| - | Their eyes are onions of despair. | + | * Their eyes are onions of despair. |