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The Last Laugh -- Wilfred Owen

(Poem #130)The Last Laugh
 'O Jesus Christ!  I'm hit,' he said; and died.
  Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed,
         The Bullets chirped - 'In vain! vain! vain!'
         Machine-guns chuckled, 'Tut-tut! Tut-tut!'
         And the Big Gun guffawed.
 
  Another sighed, - 'O Mother, Mother! Dad!'
  Then smiled, at nothing, childlike, being dead.
         And the lofty Shrapnel-cloud
         Leisurely gestured, - 'Fool!'
         And the falling splinters tittered.
 
  'My Love!' one moaned. Love-languid seemed his mood,
  Till, slowly lowered, his whole face kissed the mud.
         And the Bayonets' long teeth grinned;
         Rabbles of Shells hooted and groaned;
         And the Gas hissed.
-- Wilfred Owen

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