Victor Gabriel Gilbert, French
It Was at That Moment That Sophie Happened To Glance at the Headline: “Local Cherry Shipment Linked To Outbreak of Uncontrollable Diarrhea,” Date Unknown
Oil on panel
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/// Cher Cerise sits still Reading the News.
Tales of war, plague, and death she’ll peruse.
She’s heard “Life’s just a bowl
of cherries.” How droll!
“Life’s the pits,” is the pith she construes.
/// Headlines read by Cerise held a raw mix
of world politics and economics,
brinksmanship, and the rest.
When she got too depressed,
she would turn to the page with the comics.
/// France is on the brink of “The Great War,”
and Cerise has no clue what’s in store.
Many states are allied;
all must soon pick a side.
There’ll be no going back to “before.”
/// Since the Germans outnumber the French,
men are drafted— few sat on the bench.
The girl’s husband and kin
hoped there’d be a quick win.
No such luck, they were stuck in a trench.
/// Warfare this time was something brand new.
Planes and mustard gas made their debut.
Millions died. Those alive
at the war’s end survive
to face pandemic outbreaks of flu.