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                          General Robert E. Lee Stands Down

                                       Richmond, Virginia
                                        8 September 2021

Today his statue will be lifted down
And broken up to be museumed somewhere
Beyond the roar of cannon and musketry
Beyond the hiss of tear gas and abuse

The most sentimental mythologies
Might be the worst: moonlight and magnolias
And sweet old songs softening and perfuming
The memories of ****** chains and whips

Let us hope that the plinth is left intact -
For a new statue, a universal pact