Chicagoetry: Regulated Militia Well

REGULATED MILITIA WELL

after William Carlos Williams

A well regulated Militia,
being necessary

to the security of a free State,
the right of the people

to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.

A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING NECESSARY
WELL REGULATED MILITIA WELL REGULATED

MILITIA
being necessary

the right of the people
to a WELL REGULATED A WELL

REGULATED MILITIA
it tastes

good
to me it tastes

good
to me

A WELL REGULATED
MILITIA BEING NECESSARY

shall not be infringed shall not
be

infringed A WELL REGULATED
MILITIA

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J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood's poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.