(5) "Gone are the plains...

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“Gone are the plains . . .

cji

12/28/18 (10/10/98)

as the planting rain

and seasons pass;

Gone is the plainness

of survivals quest;

Gone is the darkness

in the night time;

Gone is the greatness

of which our fathers taught;

Gone is the knowledge

from our temples burned;

Gone is the past

from once we came;

Gone are the boats

we used to sail;

Gone are the days

of childhood play;

Gone are the days

when we could await another;

Gone is the time

to delay any longer;

Gone is my life if my

descendants do not listen;

Gone is my wife

and my children;

Gone is my life

for I was and am no more. . .!”

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