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History
Lesson
Foum by Jeannette G, Armstrong
‘Out ofthe belly of Christopher’ ship
amo bursts
Running in all directions
Pulling furs off animals
‘Shooting butllo
‘Shooting ech other
Tet and eight
Father mean well
raves is makes ward
forgives sauce-yed Indians
Red coted knights
gallop across the prairie
to gettheir men
and to build anew word
Pioneers and traders
ring is
Smallpox, Seagrams
and Rice Kespies
Civzation has cached
the promised and.
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of smokestacks
tnd multicoloured ves
Stelling with lower powered 2et
fe farmers sing sls and bones
tnd mines
paling from gaping holes
fren paper fees
ot saning English lady
‘The colon
in which they rst
vile burying
ireathing forests and fds
‘beneath concrete and steel
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ole cations
ten generations ata Bow.
Somewhere among the remains
of sins amas
isthe termination
toa long journey
and wnboly search
forthe power
limped in a garden
forever dosed
forever lost.