TABLETOP
Poem
versus pamphlet
set it up on the tabletop
fight it as a battle
get the whole
East, West, North, South
of it
and here they come
with fife,and drum
and miniball rifled musket
needing
the flank and fire, pour
enfilade
clear the field and
check the
British and
French
Russia, Prussia
low on slavery
but captain, my captain
what do you
feel about
their poetry of demeanor
discretion and
elegance
those boys swarming like
flies all over Little Round Top
imagine
some college Professor
going to
execute a
precise charge, take
that victory from them.
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