Andy Fogle

Five Found John Brown Poems

Common Nouns as Statements 

It was aggression, a riot, emeute
It was a plot, a conspiracy

It was an insurrection, mutiny
It was an invasion, war, treason

It was a crusade, an uprising, rebellion
It was a conflict

It was a provisional government
It was a mob

It was a scare, an affair, a foray
It was a quaking

It was an outbreak, a panic
It was business

It was excitement nipped in the bud
It was the beginning of sorrows

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