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“I think I’m a man you never knew, nor ever, ever will
Who never saw the bullet coming
Even though I’d seen it clear, there, in the air
Hovering, for thirteen days.”
The Texas Revolution is the last untouched bastard child of American folklore, not yet beaten to death with presentism by those who whitewash the nation’s ghosts and annex them as heroes, just as we once annexed our 28th state. A handful of soldiers —alive at midnight, dead at dawn— stood together for a cause as certain as the outcome had to be. The truth was in the math. Hundreds holding back thousands. But that rabble of soldiers haunts us with questions even still, questions that get mired by the romanticism of revisionist history until their truth is lost to legend.
This collection of poems, published on the 177th anniversary of the Siege of the Alamo, tells about the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo in an in-your-face style that is unapologetic, sharp, witty, poignant, and necessary. These pieces bring tales and legends of the old clashing against the sleek, shiny propaganda machine of the new; and they reject presentism with teeth and nails bared. This collection also contains full-color illustrations of the Texas Centennial in blinding juxtaposition to the stark, truthful, blunt words.
