Do Not Look Up by Keith Douglas (1920 - 1944)

Many must have looked skyward during the great battles of the second world war and contemplated the the futility of all of mankinds efforts when reduced to our most self destructive instincts to wage war ....and as they stared skyward at probable death their mazy minds must have seemed trapped into their obedience to chaos....

Regards..

Jim Clark.

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Do not look up

Do not look up against this fluid sky though flames and Lucifer fall down again you must persist in what we always said while the strong march towards their usual bed Truth is your tongue and naturaly remains your study til the worlds time to die.

If you default there may be none alert to stop the heavy mould clamping on lovers and children and the nascent hills; none to wake the mazy peoples wills who are obedient to chaos,none without you being skilful to avert.

Death's logic. Closed in this imperilled earth reflect, the dust and souls of merciful men lie still. And not six feet above their rest their poor succesors go about to waste the store of their amassing: Busy then and harvest yet among a general dearth