5 November 1917, 11:45 p.m.
Trench map sheet 28 NE 1 Zonnebeke
After the power-suppression ceremony
has been completed by the artillery
and you have reached the center of the village
at D.6.d.4.5 and have consolidated
in that terrifying place
summon as your guests all
who seek to harm you, all
who damage thoughts, all
who set obstacles before you,
all that you don’t know, all that you see
incorrectly, all that haunts
that specific location. All of these,
and all sentient beings of the three realms,
have been your parents.
Cherish them.