The little people behind the scenes are getting ugly. They are seizing their own destiny. They are plotting crimes against the big people @3in@1 the scenes. They spite the holy and the hoi polloi alike. They've had enough of us. The little people behind the scenes become tourists. They want to meet other little people behind other scenes, but their only friends are the giants of history, who are no good to them now, in their hour of need. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SMALL COUNTRIES by JAMES GALVIN MAGDALEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON A PALMETTO by SIDNEY LANIER THE RAINY SEASON by CLARENCE MAJOR MONODY ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM MARION REEDY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JACOB GODBEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |