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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 ------------------------------ 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.