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A True History.(Poem)

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| April 01, 2003 | Downing, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
A TRUE HISTORY 
 
   You know the troopers were sent to catch him 
   that Ned shot them, one Kennedy unarmed and in surrender 
   Know when his gasping breath pained their sensibilities too far, 
   Kelly shot him again as you would a fallen horse-- 
   a dumb sick animal, not the husband of a wife 
   Under the eye of the laughing jackass Sergeant Kennedy died 
   and the bullet ricochets still through my breast 
   ripping out my heart to bleed 
 
   But, no, I must and have put out my anger 
   For it had crowded my heart as tight as a coffin 
   pushing the love I'd known beyond the border of memory 
   To love my Kennedy again, 
   I have had to find a way to forgive his killer  ...
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