The Samurai

Japan, 1863. Across the globe, the civil war rages.

I made the long walk

Across the plains,

through the village path

under the stars.

 

At long last, I came to the monastery

where a message was waiting on the fax machine:

It's Abe Lincoln. We need you.

wph

VT

17 years old

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