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Poem: Sand Creek
by
Professor Alan Gilbert
1.
Beneaththecliffs
farinthecountry
quietday
50squaremilesof slaughter
sacreddragonflies
fewpeople
sunflowerswobble
huntingground
cast their bodies
upthroughgrayrock
cicadascli ck
bloodintheflowers
gauzy
wingsonwind
long si len ce
the soil
2.
after the slaughter
Cheyenne warriors sacked Julesburg
cutoffsuppliestomerciless
Denver