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Des Moines
A sprawling group of villages
Around a core of stone and glass
Shaded & cooled by ponds and trees
Bounded by fields of corn & grass
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OF IOWA
Corn is the crop the farmers grow
Hogs are the animals they raise
Their way of life is deep and slow
Laughing at work, blushing at praise.
While down the trail of life they go
And could be worse in many ways

The gleaning years have made it so
The shirker goes, the worker stays.