by Pavel Chichikov
Armies of ice, cities of ice
War underway, ice on the wings,
Ice is the spoiler of every device
Ice is the shadow that covers all things
Heavy the veil deforming the spar,
Twisting the camber of what should be light,
Nothing is airborne and here is the war
Beginning and yet we’re unable to fight
Pray for the daylight to melt and release
Our killing machines, the planes and the guns –
Pray not to find when the freezing has ceased
That we are the ice and will melt in the sun
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