When the Plane Dived

When the Plane Dived written by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

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 When the plane dived and the machine gun spattered
 The deck, in his numb clutch the tugging wheel
 Bucked madly as he strove to keep the keel
 Zig-zagging, that was all that mattered….
 To keep the ship zig-zagging endlessly,
 Dodging that diving devil. Now again
 The bullets spattered like a squall of rain
 About him; and again with desperate grip
 He tugged to port the helm…the keep the ship
 Zig-zagging…. Zagging through eternity;
 To keep the ship …… a sudden scalding pain
 Shot through his shoulder and the whole sky shattered
 About him in red fire; and yet his grip
 Tightened upon the wheel… to keep the ship
 Zig….zig…zig-zagging, that was all that mattered.

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