Mathematicians will argue that the term, 1930s, applies to the years 1931 through 1940. The author, however, has taken the popular view that the decade extends from 1930 ..
he crawled to me upon that silent night,
an offering in camouflage he dressed.
i took his beating heart without a fight,
his passing from my knife-swift work i blessed.
were we not brothers in each others arms
when i in the victory of extinguished light ?
upon the memorie of his death still warms
me on this cold and silent night.