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Driving across Flanders in 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I drove past fields where cattle grazed
\nThe roads were long and straight
\nI looked at scenes familiar unfazed
\nMy mood melancholy and sedate…
\nFaster cars past us fled by,
\nAs if battle never was
\nAs if no one on these fields did die
\nNone asked how because
\nThe egos of rulers and cruel men
\nCaused armys and civilians to be killed
\nIt could and will happen again:
\nSeems the past has the future willed.<\/p>\n

I remember now that distant day
\nAs villages flew past
\nRental signs on the houses say
\nThe peace is set to last.
\nBut what happened before will happen again,
\nOf that, I thought, I am afraid
\nSuch is the folly of greedy men
\nAs I to Dendermond my way I made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I drove past fields where cattle grazed The roads were long and straight I looked at scenes familiar unfazed My mood melancholy and sedate… Faster cars past us fled by, As if battle never was As if no one on these fields did die None asked how because The egos …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1203],"tags":[4343,4340,2372,4341,1119,4342],"class_list":["post-4786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flanders","tag-aftermath","tag-dendermond","tag-flanders","tag-ghosts","tag-legacy","tag-world-war","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1fc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1810,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/war-and-poppies\/","url_meta":{"origin":4786,"position":0},"title":"War and Poppies","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In Flanders fields, and Kandahar, In deepest Afghanistan, Poppies bloom, the Flowers of War, Blossom of the Savagery of Man. 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