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A True History.(Poem)
Quadrant
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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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