The Horse Cannons

While buzzards circled cannons with the smell of death
They lay ???? ways and draw first breath?
Who could assess what surged in their brains
"We swallow rock and ??? and sharp pain?"
A few who were camped by the cannons
Saw that there was a frightened thing happened
Barefoot & pounding ground drove them away
Away into town into a church to cry & pray

Horse cannons took on a tree thinking ??ent a??nent?
And smashing to wh?? bits gathered and ate it
The next tree that broke was the marking blast
With kindling on the lips horse cannons life passed
As the sun set and rose the ????? black eyes dim
Some found and buried them next to a quick stream
As they rusted apart and revealed the inner workings
A warning to all without a proper digestive system