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View of the mines at Marysville, Montana, including the Maskelyne Tunnel, established 1883, of the Drumlummon mine: photo by Carleton E. Watkins, 1884, 1885 or 1890 (Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)
"Then, [Presidential candidate Rick] Perry pointed his left finger skyward, raised his voice and declared: 'We don't need anybody apologizing anywhere in this world about America''"-- Associated Press, 15 August 2011
Under the huge disinterested sky of Big Country
the restlessness since inception, the drifting
the barren pursuit of wealth wrested from Earth
the temporary encampment the beans and coffee
the excavation of the arid lands with abandon
the reduction of natural substance to fossil and pulp
the resistance to permanent settlement
the pick up stakes and go once the money's gone
under the huge disinterested sky
the restlessness since inception, the drifting
the barren pursuit of wealth wrested from Earth
the temporary encampment the beans and coffee
the excavation of the arid lands with abandon
the reduction of natural substance to fossil and pulp
the resistance to permanent settlement
the pick up stakes and go once the money's gone
under the huge disinterested sky
Interior view of mill at Marysville, Montana: photo by Carleton E. Watkins, 1884, 1885 or 1890 (Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)
