Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned out backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime...
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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gonna do this for another eng presentation. so gross lah. as in e imagery in e poem. war is gross. >( "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" means "It is sweet and right to die for your country." in Latin. im so glad Singapore has no war (:

went to esplanade just now and watched 行草. very nice. but q boring lah. e music they chose was so.... weird. yep. but the lights! omg the lights were super good! ((: so clear and sharp and the controls were PERFECT. :D the dancers also very pro lah.. always very 到位 even though they had to move in the dark. then when the spotlight turns on they are just nice at the center. so perfect. (: propro! they must have preacticed a lot lah.. and even though e music is like SUPER weird. no beats no nothing.. just weird sounds.. but all of them can still move as one.. hmm. the power of practice. ahh! july 公演 rlly must 加油 alr!! ><

their stamina rocks too. jealous.