Dresden

I‘d had my say on Remembrance Day-
It was Cheltenham Town Hall as I recall-
when there was a roar at the vestry door
and I swear it was Captain Mainwaring there,
and he was flustered - he was disgusted-
“How dare you claim that we were to blame
for the bombs that fell and caused the hell
of when Dresden burned - which my God they’d earned!”!
Was I not aware of the factories there
making bullets and guns for the evil Huns?
No blame - no shame - it wasn’t the same
as Coventry’s fire leaving only its spire-
that was the real crime he said - but I’m
not so sure.