a mostly blank page stands for
cowboys chasing down cows and calves
scattered after a windstorm
shepherds seeking the strays
hoping to find them before
coyotes or wolves do
union busters beating laborers to death
coal miners armed with stolen rifles
waiting for lawmen who come to gun them down
the peaceful gathering of workers
and their allies unsuspecting
a cavalry charge against them that day
oh, children, study your history books
most carefully, some of what they say
is true, but most of what is true
is in the spaces the text and pictures
do not take up
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