Page 8 - poetrybook

Stars and Bars
The red bars of Austria meet
The white stars of the southern plains
In cycle

In circle
In the northeastern parts of blue
Each star for each state of the Confederate mind
7, 9, 11, and 13

South Carolina,
Mississippi,
Florida,
Alabama,

Georgia,
Louisiana,
Texas
Then Virginia and Arkansas

Then North Carolina and Tennessee
Then Missouri and Kentucky
7, 9, 11 and 13
A sequence of confederate convergence.

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Bars
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Bars

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