What does thouse mean ? ( its being used in a poem)

"marigolds" takes place in a shantytown in rural maryland during the great depression.

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.

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