Painterly two toy soldiers on scorched ground, one standing and one fallen, beneath a smoky sky.

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David Campbell

He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. Do you suppose it's always like that... in a war?

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker sums up the damage in three flat statements: one person is dead, another is disabled, a third is lost. Then comes a weary, searching question about whether war always leaves things like this. The tone is grief and disillusionment rather than any hope of consolation.

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