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Dwellings

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The soil here is hard in summer
So I buried my father in a tomb of rocks
A plot behind St. Catherine's church
To lay rest the giilded dream of pitiable men
With gold found to the North
Quartzburg drove out its whores
Its foreigners and roughnecks
They settled this camp
The Mexicans often staged
Bull and bear fights near the bar
They kept a boy entertained
When there were no hangings to enjoy
The Cantonese flooded the quarries
Working for less than the Whites
My father would curse the Orientals
Yet came home reeking of opium
A group of my friends and I
Left to explore the creek
The Chinaman kneeled there
Gleaning for gold
We mocked him and pushed him
I prodded him with my knife
He gripped his revolver
And fired in the air
The errant bullet
Ricocheted off a stone
And grazed my leg
I ran back bawling
To the town
Mobs
Surround
The crying Chinaman
Father clutching the noose
Law
Arrived
The sheriff demanded
That he be jailed and properly tried
Gangs amassed
Late at night
Outside the jail
Father led
Rope in hand
Prey in his cell
Smooting lies
Tempted with
Tobacco leaves
The Chinese
Reached his arm
Through the bars
The lynch mob swiftly grabbed
The gleaner's exposed hand
Father wrapped the collar
Aroud his neck
The horde yanked on the rope
Chinaman dragged and choked
His brains dashed upon the wall
Soon all the gold mines dried
But that blood never did
Red still stains the jail cell wall
Father was never tried
None mourn a foreigner
But I saw guilt in his eyes
With all the riches spent
The people left the town
Yet I stayed to dwell here still
When Father died of drink
I did not weep for him
I pray the grave unburdens his sins
I pray that someone will remain
To bury me
I pray that someone will remain
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Cormorant (Metal)

Cormorant (Metal)

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