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Mortar shell. Come in fast. Could not flee.

From the blast. Losing feeling, in my limbs

Start to panic. Infection begins. Begin to scream

Paramedic. Death is calling. But I won't let it

Gangrene setting. Bloodletting

A night like this is worth forgetting

Amputate the limbs that stink

Threshold for pain pushed to the brink

Hacking and sawing through the bone

Frenzies amputation limbless and alone

Turn my head. Can't stand to see the bayonet

Ripping me. First the legs. Intense pain

The femur was thick

It makes me sick

Saw. Through bone. All. Alone

Hack. Through flesh. I'm. A mess.

My limbs bleed, I am dying

Stumps are flailing, wounds aren't drying

Exposed flesh, vultures flying

In this puddle of gore, I'm to remain lying

Maggots crawl through my wounds

Rotting skin, feast begins

I'm demented

Lying in waste

Soon to be

Fermented

Ill advised. I will die

From this frenzied amputation

Why did I think it'd work

This frenzied amputation