Guns are booming over the town once more<\/p>\n
And men and women from the seventeenth century<\/p>\n
Patrol the streets and mingle with the Saturday shoppers<\/p>\n
War is never far away<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The chatter of the muskets does not disturb Mrs P<\/p>\n
As she cleans the brasses in the school chapel<\/p>\n
Watched by generations of long dead boys<\/p>\n
Only the high birds are startled by the noise \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In the High Street select travellers express surprise<\/p>\n
As they are told that the journey to Bedwyn is now free<\/p>\n
The bus company has gone bust<\/p>\n
Foreclosed by a German bank <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
The battle still rages and little Sally and Long Tall John<\/p>\n
Eat ice creams as they watch many men die<\/p>\n
Cut down by gunfire and impaled on spikes<\/p>\n
The children are safe as this war knows its boundaries <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
In front of the Golding house on The Green<\/p>\n
A student named Macaby reads<\/p>\n
Lord of the Flies<\/p>\n
She leaves as torturous schoolboys are in short supply <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
And retires to the church to take afternoon tea<\/p>\n
Viewing the paintings that are on display<\/p>\n
Lemon Drizzle is her preferred choice<\/p>\n
But she settles for the Coffee Cream <\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Above her a youth names Michaels<\/p>\n
Has climbed the tower<\/p>\n
He has lost his camera<\/p>\n
So he commits the views to memory \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
An hour later he meets his girlfriend<\/p>\n
In the middle town market<\/p>\n
She has purchased some late limes<\/p>\n
Which are always cheaper after three pm <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
The battle has now finished and the town folk leave<\/p>\n
Bodies lie everywhere<\/p>\n
Staining the common with their conflict<\/p>\n
But they return to life and dismantle the day <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Muskets and cannons swords and spikes<\/p>\n
Are packed into car boots and larger vans<\/p>\n
And are removed to a local inn<\/p>\n
The Battle of Marlborough is now complete<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
On the hill above the college just hidden the view<\/p>\n
A local lad and a country girl<\/p>\n
Prepare to play a jest on his father<\/p>\n
An upstanding master and teacher of sports<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
I see their humour as I leave the town
\nwith the wife and daughter of Mr Brown <\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
During the weekend of the 26\/27th July 2014, The Battle of Marlborugh was recreated on the common above the town<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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