The Returned Man

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Title:     The Returned Man
Author: Isabel Ecclestone Mackay [More Titles by Mackay]

THEY thought that he would come back
Quieter,
Less boyish,
But still a hero with tales to tell.
So, when there were no tales,
Only blank silences--
When he lay for hours
Staring through leafing branches
And forgot them
Utterly--
They tried to arouse him, saying:
"The war is over."
But when he turned on them
His shadowed eyes
They stammered--
Knowing that they lied!

[The end]
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay's poem: Returned Man

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