At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month…..

the guns fell silent.

~

silence after

blast, fuse, impact

ballistic parabola

shell, stink, smoke, spin

force, guncotton explodes

nitric acid and cellulose

primer, spark, trigger, target

sight, refraction, glass, light

trench, revetment, mud

bronze, steel, iron, wood

England and Germany

the Great War

~

jack collier

jackcollier7@talktalk.net