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 Titled by Dove

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The case of  'a forgotten man'

A Native American,

Not perfect, by far,

But killed two human beings,

Who must have been more 'special' a man.

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A Native to a country whose roots 

Lie in the beauty of the land

And once was looked after,

Until raped by 'the white man's hand'.

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The fruited plains rolled under,

God 'shed such grace on thee',

And 'the forgotten man's' story,

Might never be known by the people,

'We'.

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But the issue underneath remains,

Why, where might such a soul go?

Because who out here 

Would care for a man,

Who's branded a killer so?

Lacking of forgiveness,

The crimes upon his soul,

We walk in blameless blindness

With our bugles that we blow.

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America so beautiful,

I love you so... (you know),

But show me of the people

You so boastfully bestow.

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America the beautiful,

You take the suffering blows,

But when it comes to responsibilities,

(I wonder where it goes?)

Accountability no one knows.

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