Axis & Allies - damowords

Denial & Destiny
Across Ribbentrop’s desk hath scorch’d ‘The Sixth,’
He has the spy sack’d as a dissident,
“Heavy seas must deny that narrow width,
Send out “INVASION IS NOT IMMINENT.”
Genʹralry peel
Their presence from the shore
To play at the Kreigspiel, lost in an unreal war.
From the auld Roche Guyon castle,
Duke Rochefoucourtʹs stately seat,
Bounded happy, bouyant Rommel
Like the cat who got the treat,
With the promise of no trouble
Drove smiling down the street
To see his son & wife on her birthday,
How pleasant & light‐hearted was his way!
Upon the fringes of the Reich,
Fair coast of Normandy,
The Naiad psyche draws Friedrich
To sunset‐colour’d sea,
“I am ready,” heart thumping free, “To die for Germany!”
Lion‐Sur‐Mer
June 5th
1944
The French Resistance
“Blessent mon Coeur d’une langeur monotone!”
The second half of a Verlaine malaise,
The Herresgruppe obtain’d oer the phone,
“Expect the invasion within two days!”
“If they do come
Then Calais it must be,
No need to beat the drum alerting Normandy!”
Veronique’s Maquis & Pierre
Are gather’d in a stable,
English newsreaders grace the air,
“The dice are on the table!”
What moment’s majesty they share
Profounder than fable…
Six patriots switch off the radio
& slip into the night to start the show.
Hastening to the sabotage,
Rail bridge soon river rocks,
Across the stage a pent‐up rage
Administering shocks,
Resounding in resistance from down’d pylons to wrackt docks.
France
June 6th
1944