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Post by :brynjar
Category :Poems
Author :Ambrose Bierce
Date :March 2011
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A Military Incident
Dawn heralded the coming sun--Fort Douglas was computing
The minutes--and the sunrise gun
Was manned for his saluting.
The gunner at that firearm stood,
The which he slowly loaded,
When, bang!--I know not how it could,
But sure the charge exploded!
Yes, to that veteran's surprise
The gun went off sublimely,
And both his busy arms likewise
Went off with it, untimely.
Then said that gunner to his mate
(He was from Ballyshannon):
"Bedad, the sun's a minute late,
Accardin' to this cannon!"
(The end)
Ambrose Bierce's poem: Military Incident
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