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March 12, 2007 Harrison McClary

031207 002 1.jpg

Cemetery at Carnton. This is where the Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Franklin are buried. Estimated Casualties: 8,587 total (US 2,326; CS 6,261)

“Grass” by Carl Sandburg:
Grass

PILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—
I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.

Leica M6 TTL ,50 mm F 2.0 Konica Hexanon

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Jola Dziubinska24-Oct-2008 00:13
Wonderfully composed photo, great lyrics.