An Ambush at Ashwa Bridge 1994
By David Aoloch Bion
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The SPLA laid ambush in May 1994
The soil riches in virginity
The trees happy
The leaves darker and greener
The flowers fragrant and buddy
The grasses danced with the breeze beautifully
The animals grazed here and there
The birds singing and perching here and there
The insects floating here and there
The hisses, roars, croaks, trumpets, bellows, chuckles here and there
The soldiers laid in waylay
Each soldier feeling and thinking was alone
Those other soldiers might have withdrawn
But the Commander kept briefing and updating them each minute
In hiding position, there was changing of hideout after hideout
Some soldiers complained of
Their position being visible, unsaved and
Vulnerable, so, they changed to low and safe positions
After 18 hours of waiting for pending eminent attack,
The first enemy sign was long range missiles flying above
And exploding behind an ambush line
The shelling continued for four hours
Armoured vehicles rolling in slow motion
Dik, dik, dik, dik, dik, dik, dik ……………………………
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The testicles of some men contracted and flinched
And became kidneys in the stomach, fear
Descended like night
The hearts beat cowardly
When they imagined a bullet hitting their heads
An enemy appeared 400 meters away,
The Commander fired the salvo “tak – tummb”
And the rest responded
………, rop, boum rop, dum , rop, rop … doum …………
The men gained their emotions …
Their bravery rose again like the sun of clear morning
This was the first attack at 7: 00 am
The enemy repelled
An enemy left bleeding
The animals, birds and insects left their beautiful habitat
The gunpowder remained black on leaves, flowers, grasses and sand
After three hours regrouping and reorganizing
An enemy launched the second attack at 9: 00 am
The enemy repelled
An enemy left with a bloodier bleeding
The trees and grasses were drying up
The leaves were falling down
The third attack was at 1: 00 pm
The fourth attack was at 3: 00 pm
The fifth attack was at 7: 00 pm
The enemy left but no verbs and
Adjectives to describe the scene
SPLA oyeee, the Victors oyeee….
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