Translation: Sonja Krautwald
To Sir Chris Garrett
...
A parade impostor,
of Europe's "anxieties",
a, here, ordinary Briton,
a sapper digger.
Without pacifist slogans
his forty forgot,
rushed to finish the fascist
and laid his head down.
Forgive me, fellow believer,
but by you the Earth is alive,
whose heart is bowed,
worthy of a King.
9 May 2025.