Passchendaele 2014

Passchendaele's a rural Belgian village It's in West Flanders province, Famous, once… In 1917 the place was flattened Today you'd never know. Here, poppies dance It's famous for its pale ale beer and cheeses Its lazy wind farms turning in the fields The ripening maize, the hops, the firm potatoes Its vines, its mules, its flax…no hidden weals From battle sores. There's roses and bird houses Hydrangeas, cypress trees, a family cat There's terracotta tiles on every rooftop And underground…well, never mind all that.