A Soldier’s Soliloqy

SO THIS IS WAR!  Lying here in a foxhole, pinned down by enemy fire!  Wonder for how much longer!  It’s been two days and two nights now.  I suppose I could be philosophical about it though and say that at least it gives a fellow time to think.  Wish I had someone to talk to.  Wish my buddy had kept his head down.  Then he wouldn’t be sprawled out there stiff and cold.  Even now they don’t let him rest.  Every once in a while a slug rips through him.  Someone over there just making certain, I...