For Johnny

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Do not despair
For Johnny-head-in-air;
He sleeps as sound
As Johnny underground.

Fetch out no shroud
For Johnny-in-the-cloud;
And keep your tears
For him in after years.

Better by far
For Johnny-the-bright-star,
To keep your head,
And see his children fed.


John Pudney, 1941.

Comments

[i-hunger.livejournal.com]

It's a strange little poem. What is it's meaning, do you think?