by Howie Good
Capt. Miles Standish
a runt from all descriptions
crosses my mind
pikes and muskets
on bruised shoulders
and the Pequots
in a panic
making haphazardly
for the forest
very near where
the high school senior
last week
took the curve
too fast
and accompanied
by everything
that cries
ran out of road
Howie Good has a Ph.D. in American Studies.
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