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Rome in the Back Yard
Upon reading Cecil Day-Lewis’
“A Letter from Rome”
Well, okay, it’s not really Rome back here
It’s Texas, right? But still, some Senator
Of his people spoke in a language lost
Of duty and work and foreign relations
Treaties with the nations across the creek
Military service and sacred rites
Hunting and work, care for the holy fire
And kindnesses to the aged and weak
Here, where the liveoak shadows everything
Yes, here, right here, before we Others came
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