The last day of the Civil War-4th of July 1865

      SUSAN GOES HOME

Out of Richmod Virginia                                                      
At the break of dawn,
On a dusty  road                                                                                                               
Leading to Appomattox Town,           
A nurse on her stallion rode home.

Along the way they passed Southerners                                                       
Shot, bloated and dead, debris of battle along with
Banded packs, blood stained bandage’s, dead horses
Bloated and putrid, and overall lay a smell of 70,000
Dead southern military sunbathed men.                                                          

Beneath both army’s would be exposed bribes            
And graft running like a network of mole tunnels.
Sprung from swift hooves they went thundering by                                                                 
Leaving dust from the pock-marked road                                              
Rising into the sky.

They crafted a trail as a comet,                                               
Shot from the mouth 
Of a thousand cannons.
Rushing for home, faster and faster                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TheCivilThe The Civil War is finally over.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Karl Wallace