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OVER JORDAN

Kennesaw Mountain looks
down
and remembers
The dissidence forged
By fools

      parti cularl y

In the Peach Orchard, the Devil's Den and
Here and
There

Still

It's not dead yet for

Pax Americana of the indifferent steel
And concrete bone

Cannot dim the flame of vengeance
Which is not
Of the Lord

But Little Roundtop sees the glare
Here and
There

                        And always  Last impressions were
The Dunker Church                   Not of
Feels the knowledge of the
Yanks and                           God, the girl next door,
Rebs when the                       Mother, or country
Minie balls and                     But simply
Grape and                           Oh
Shot                                No

Ripped their earthly substance

                                    Kennesaw Mountain  looks
                                    down
                                    And regrets
                                    The lack of
                                    The clash of
                                    Rearming sounds
                                    Here and
                                    There

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