Poem: The Life and Death of John Mulgan – A Man Alone

he wore that war mask rather well you couldn’t – at first – tell that is was all disguise

as he took to the skies to drop bombs, spread gas…

involve himself in the larger-scale games of war.

He wore that war mask well and up until they investigated him,

when he died (of course, by suicide)

well then they began to see that the mask came off and left him

just a…