By J.J. Tindall
The Conquest of Shit Creek
Black Hawk said “Fuck
This, I want
My land
Back.” Beaubien
Thought he’d
Pulled a fast
One, got the Heathens
Drunk, got ’em to sign away
Their land.
Earlier in the day, the Natives
Guffawed that Whitey
Wanted to scalp ’em for
Shit
Creek! Only the French
Could put a whorehouse
On every bank! “Then they’ll get us
Get good and
Drunk . . . ”
Dissolve, months later:
Black Hawk is like
“Fuck this, I’m taking
It all
Back.” They
Wiped him
Out, but he
Made his
Run.
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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.
Posted on November 8, 2007