Did We Win? (7)

Silence descends like a heavy blanket.
Talking, movement, he’s on the stretcher,
his thumb is up. The crowd claps.
Just the claps. No yells, no jeers, just the claps.
The clock restarts,
the battle lines reform,
they break and clash and fight and run.

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