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Gemme Hiens' Secret La Salle Monument
and
Historical Marker
Nineteen
March of sixteen eighty seven,
An
Old Fashioned Norman Bound for Heaven,
Shot
instead with a bullet to his head!
A
Gruesome Death any of us would dread!
Like
Old Normans, of conquests he had dreamed,
Not
a tragic death, at a Poteau Stream!
The
Grand Nom, Monsieur Cavelier, was he!
Surely
not victim, Du Haut's treachery!
The
Grand Nom's race seemed to end in disgrace,
Not
even a Monument for the place,
Where
an Assassin's bullet cut him down!
Not
even a place to call hallowed ground!
Yes,
but an Artist and Lover of Runes,
Made
Hiens' Monument for Grand Nom of Rouen;
A
Secret Monument for de La Salle!
Which
some day would be admired by us all!
La
Salle's Secret Monument, made with Runes,
Not
to be seen, by just any buffoons!
A
Runic Riddle, La Salle's Name and Dates,
The
shame to mitigate, of his French mates!
The
Secret La Salle Rune Stone Monument!
To
honor a hero with due Lament;
A
Marker for the Historical Place,
Where
Famous de La Salle ended his race.
©
Copyright 2000, Lee W. Woodard
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