Exposure

Question 1

our brains…silent

Answer 1

our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us wearied we keep awake because the night is silent

Question 2

mad gusts…brambles

Answer 2

mad gusts tugging on the wire, like twitching agonies of men among its brambles

Question 3

northward…war

Answer 3

northward, incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, far off like a dull rumour of some other war

Question 4

we only…stormy

Answer 4

we only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy

Question 5

attacks…grey

Answer 5

attacks once more in ranks on shivering on ranks of grey

Question 6

sudden…silence

Answer 6

sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence

Question 7

deep…fusses

Answer 7

deep into grassier ditches. so we drowse, sun-dozed, littered with blossoms trickling where the blackbird fusses

Question 8

for gods…afraid

Answer 8

for gods invincible spring our love is made afraid

Question 9

shrivelling…crisp

Answer 9

shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp