The Nez Pierce War of 1877 fought several battles in the Yellowstone area of Montana. The Native Americans fought their way from centeral Idaho trying to reach Sitting Bull in Canada. Many on both sides died, which I reflected in the love and death segments. The table represents how the news was mostly rumors for most people. Most of the Ameican public was unaware of these battles in the Mountains. I used butter as a symbol for the Yellowstone.

This poem is a Blitz Poem.
The Blitz Poem, a poetry form created by Robert Keim. This form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow, a stream of consciousness, if you will.

Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliche. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line 1. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.

The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase, the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on, continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition. Continue for 48 total lines with this pattern, And then the last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, then the last word of line 47.

The title must be only three words, with some sort of preposition or conjunction joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th line, in that order.

There should be no punctuation. When reading a BLITZ, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe. The word Blitz is derived from German, meaning "fast". There is no rhyme or meter requirement.

For this poem I did include some rhyme, and brought the poem full circle, having the last line echo the first. But, that is not a requirement.

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