The American West: Justice Often Ruled Roughshod Poem by Terence George Craddock

time shifts
contemplating
evaluating
time shifts

a few time shifts
from the pages
of history constantly
glaringly stand out

once in the time
of the American West
conceived of as a frontier
in the age of adventurers

explorers
pilgrims
seeking
new lands

trappers
settlers
cowboys
goldminers;

there was a nasty
terminal saying,
'the only good indian is a dead indian'
good Christian people said …

were they a product
of their time
rooted in hatred
fear bigotry?


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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