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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 First National Confederate Flag, March 4, 1861

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
First National Confederate Flag - 13 stars, Nov 28, 1861

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