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August 31st 05, 03:37 AM

wrote:

When I was a little boy (I am a big boy now) back in the 1940's and part
of the 1950's,one of the many Western comic books I used to read was (I
am not certain of the exact title of the comic book now) The
Vigilantes.I have always believed in the old style of American Western
Vigilante Law since way back then.It is the only law that really
works.But,that is my opinion.

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Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

As sung by Billie Holiday
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