When the Dogs Bite: 27th December 2025

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born far too late for National Service laws

never did thou serve thy country with arms

nor enlist in civic duties or a charitable cause

to keep thy country's needy safe from harm.

So why, then, when thou hearest engine drone

dost thou automatic fear a bombing run

mayhaps a legacy of childhood home

when thy father's Air Force duty had been done.

For he would duck and shy away from sight

of aeroplane within the summer blue

and though he did his best to treat thee right

thou wert left with fear of bombs from aircraft too.

Or else thy mother bequeathed to thee alone

her fear of V1 rockets hitting home.

When the Dogs Bite