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# Cooper v. Coates

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COOPER verʃus COATES.
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by the court.– The words are fo very general and comprehenfive, that, if the fpirit and intention of the law, expreffed in the preamble and other fections, were not to be confidered, they would include every cafe arifing between the periods mentioned in the act. But it is inconfiftent with the Conftitution, and with juftice, that the trial by Jury fhould be taken away in this manner ; and, therefore, the Courts of Juftice have always determined, that auditors fhall be appointed only where there is a difpute about the depreciation.
The rule difcharged, Hallowell, for the Plaintiff–Sergeant, for the Defendant.
# Cooper v. Alabama

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United States Supreme Court
375 U.S. 23
Cooper v. Alabama
Grant Cooper, pro se.
Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen. of Alabama, and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama.
PER CURIAM.

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# Cooper v. Coats

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COOPER verʃus COATS.
A
1788.
Hallowell and S. Levy urged, that this was the cafe of a Bond with a warrant of Attorney, upon which the could not have confeffed Judgment before a Juftice; that a Juftice could not have taken cognizance of a fet off exceeding Ł.10; and that the penalty of a Bond was intended to cover the intereft and cofts ; fo that, even for the furplus, it was neceffary in England to feek for relief in a Court of Equity.
Sergeant contra. Where the fum is under Ł.5. the act of 1745, 1 State Laws 204 meant to give full jurifdiction to the Juftices, except in certain enumerated cafes ; and the fame jurifdiction is afterwards extended to fums under Ł10 by reference to that act. The expreffions of the Legiflature are “ that all actions for debt or other ‘‘demand for the value of 40s. and upwards, and not exceeding ‘‘Ł.5. &c. fhall be cognizable before any Juftices &c ; ’’ which word value muft intend fomething more than a penalty ; for the penalty of a Bond, being generaly double the fum due, would exceed Ł. 19. although the value of the debt might be lefs. In the preferit inftance Judgment is taken only for Ł.7. Debt upon a Bond for the Payment of money, is within the jurifdiction of the Juftices ; but, if the oppofite conftruction were to prevail, the act, which was frame to fave cofts, might in almoft every cafe of a Bond be defeated. − This is not like a fet off, which we might defalc or not, as we pleafed ; and, as to is being the cafe of a Judgment confeffed by warrant, that will be no recommendation to the favor of the Court.
SHIPPEN, Preʃident.––In the cafe of a fet off, this rule,with refpect to cofts, would be fubject to great incoveniency ; for, as it happened this Term, in Coxe v. Bolton, a fet off of £ 60. might be given in evidence, though the Plaintiff could never bring the matter to a trial before a Juftice ; as it was not in his power to fay whether the Defendant would refort to an action, or take advantage of the defalcation.
The opinion of the court was afterwards delivered to the following effect:
SHIPPEN, Preʃident. – We think this cafe comes within the exprefs words of the act of Affembly, declaring that cofts fhall not be recovered; and there is no evidence that the Defendant has entitled himfelf to the benefit of the exception, by filing a previous affidavit of his belief that the debt exceed Ł.10
It is not our meaning, however, when an action is brought for a fum above Ł.10 and the Defendant reduces it to lefs by a fet off, which he might, or might not, have pleaded, that, in fuch a cafe, the Plaintiff is not entitled to cofts. The reafon and juftice of the thing, would then be clearly in his favor.
Judgment for the Plaintiff, but without cofts.
# Cooper v. Aaron (358 U.S. 29)/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
358 U.S. 29
Cooper v. Aaron (358 U.S. 29)
Motion for leave to file brief of Arlington County Chapter, Defenders of State Sovereignty of Individual Liberties, as amicus curiae, denied. Motion for leave to file brief of James M. Burke, as amicus curiae, denied. Motion for leave to file suit for declaratory judgment in re Little Rock and for other relief denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted.

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# Cooper v. Alabama/Opinion of the Court

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* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
375 U.S. 23
Cooper v. Alabama
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Supreme Court of Alabama for further consideration in light of Lane v. Brown, 372 U.S. 477, 83 S.Ct. 768, 9 L.Ed.2d 892.

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# Cooper v. California

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## Dissenting Opinion

    Douglas
United States Supreme Court
386 U.S. 58
Cooper v. California
Argued: Dec. 8, 1966. --- Decided: Feb 20, 1967
Michael Traynor, San Francisco, Cal., Jared G. Carter, Anthony C. Gilbert, Donald H. Maffly, Preble Stolz, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for petitioner.
Albert W. Harris, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Cooper v. Dasher

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United States Supreme Court
290 U.S. 106
Cooper v. Dasher
Argued: Oct. 18, 1933. --- Decided: Nov 6, 1933
Mr. C. Edmund Worth, of Tampa, Fla., for petitioner.
Messrs. Burton G. Henson and W. K. Zewadski, Jr., both of Tampa, Fla., for respondent.
Mr. Justice CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Bill of Rights
Rights
7.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Application
8.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
Equality
9.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Human dignity
10.
Life
11.
Freedom and security of the person
12.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Slavery, servitude and forced labour
13.
Privacy
14.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
​Freedom of religion, belief and opinion
15.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(a)
(i)
(ii)
(b)
Freedom of expression
16.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Assembly, demonstration, picket and petition
17.
Freedom of association
18.
Political rights
19.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
Citizenship
20.
Freedom of movement and residence
21.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Freedom of trade, occupation and profession
22.
Labour relations
23.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(5)
(6)
Environment
24.
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Property
25.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Housing
26.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Health care, food, water and social security
27.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
Children
28.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(i)
(ii)
(g)
(i)
(ii)
(h)
(i)
(2)
(3)
Education
29.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
Language and culture
30.
​Cultural, religious and linguistic communities
31.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
Access to information
32.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
Just administrative action
33.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Access to courts
34.
Arrested, detained and accused persons
35.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(c)
(d)
(i)
(ii)
(e)
(f)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(4)
(5)
Limitation of rights
36.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2)
States of emergency
37.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(5)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Table of Non-Derogable Rights
(6)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(7)
(8)
Enforcement of rights
38.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Interpretation of Bill of Rights
39.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 10

Chapter 10
Public Administration
Basic values and principles governing public administration
195.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
​Public Service Commission
196.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(5)
(6)
(a)
(b)
(7)
(a)
(b)
(8)
(a)
(i)
(ii)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(9)
(10)
(a)
(b)
(11)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(12)
(a)
(b)
(13)
Public Service
197.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 1

Chapter 1
Founding Provisions
Republic of South Africa
1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Supremacy of Constitution
2.
Citizenship
3.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
National anthem
4.
National flag
5.
Languages
6.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
(5)
(a)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Schedule 7

Schedule 7
Laws Repealed
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 11

Chapter 11
Security Services
Governing principles
198.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Establishment, structuring and conduct of security services
199.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(a)
(b)
(8)
Defence
Defence force
200.
(1)
(2)
Political responsibility
201.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(4)
Command of defence force
202.
(1)
(2)
State of national defence
203.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
Defence civilian secretariat
204.
Police
Police service
205.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Political responsibility
206.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(5)
(a)
(b)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Control of police service
207.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(5)
(6)
Police civilian secretariat
208.
Intelligence
Establishment and control of intelligence services
209.
(1)
(2)
Powers, functions and monitoring
210.
(a)
(b)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 13

Note that, in terms of section 243 (5), sections 213–216, 218, and 226–230 only came into force on 1 January 1998.
Chapter 13
Finance
General Financial Matters
National Revenue Fund
213.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
Equitable shares and allocations of revenue
214.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
National, provincial and municipal budgets
215.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Treasury control
216.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
(5)
(a)
(b)
Procurement
217.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
Government guarantees
218.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Remuneration of persons holding public office
219.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Financial and Fiscal Commission
Establishment and functions
220.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Appointment and tenure of members
221.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
(3)
Reports
222.
Central Bank
Establishment
223.
Primary object
224.
(1)
(2)
Powers and functions
225.
Provincial and Local Financial Matters
Provincial Revenue Funds
226.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
National sources of provincial and local government funding
227.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Provincial taxes
228.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(a)
(b)
Municipal fiscal powers and functions
229.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(4)
(5)
Provincial and municipal loans
230.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 14

Chapter 14
General Provisions
International Law
International agreements
231.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Customary international law
232.
Application of international law
233.
Other matters
Charters of Rights
234.
Self-determination
235.
Funding for political parties
236.
Diligent performance of obligations
237.
Agency and delegation
238.
(a)
(b)
Definitions
239.
“national legislation” includes —
(a)
(b)
“organ of state” means —
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
but does not include a court or a judicial officer;
​“provincial legislation” includes —
(a)
(b)
Inconsistencies between different texts
240.
Transitional arrangements
241.
Repeal of laws
242.
Short title and commencement
243.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended/Chapter 12

Chapter 12
Traditional Leaders
Recognition
211.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Role of traditional leaders
212.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended

This is the original text of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as it was adopted on 18 December 1996, and as it came into force on 4 February 1997.
To introduce a new Constitution for the Republic of South Africa and to provide for matters incidental thereto
Contents
* Preamble
* Chapter 1
* Founding Provisions
* Chapter 2
* Bill of Rights
* Chapter 3
* Co-operative Government
* Chapter 4
* Parliament
* Chapter 5
* The President and National Executive
* Chapter 6
* Provinces
* Chapter 7
* Local Government
* Chapter 8
* Courts and Administration of Justice
* Chapter 9
* State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy
* Chapter 10
* Public Administration ​
* Chapter 11
* Security Services
* Chapter 12
* Traditional Leaders
* Chapter 13
* Finance
* Chapter 14
* General Provisions
* Schedule 1
* National Flag
* Schedule 2
* Oaths and Solemn Affirmations
* Schedule 3
* Election Procedures
* Schedule 4
* Functional Areas of Concurrent National and Provincial Legislative Competence
* Schedule 5
* Functional Areas of Exclusive Provincial Competence
* Schedule 6
* Transitional Arrangements
* Schedule 7
* Laws Repealed
Preamble
We, the people of South Africa,
Recognise the injustices of our past;
Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land;
Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and
Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity.
We therefore, through our freely elected representatives, adopt this Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic so as to—
Heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights;
Lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law;
Improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person; and
Build a united and democratic South Africa able to take its rightful place as a sovereign state in the family of nations.
May God protect our people.
Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso. God seën Suid-Afrika. God bless South Africa. Mudzimu fhatutshedza Afurika. Hosi katekisa Afrika.
# Copyright, Its History and Its Law

COPYRIGHT
ITS HISTORY AND ITS LAW
BEING A SUMMARY OF THE
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COPYRIGHT
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
THE AMERICAN CODE OF 1909 AND
THE BRITISH ACT OF 1911
BY
RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1912
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY R. R. BOWKER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FOR ALL COUNTRIES
Published March 1912
| Foreword | v |
| Conspectus of Copyright by Countries | xi |
| Contents | xv |
| The Nature and Origin of Copyright | 1 |
| The Early History of Copyright | 8 |
| The Development of Statutory Copyright in England | 24 |
| The History of Copyright in the United States | 35 |
| Scope of Copyright: Rights and Extent | 42 |
| Subject-Matter of Copyright: What May Be Copyrighted | 63 |
| Ownership of Copyright: Who May Secure Copyright | 95 |
| Duration of Copyright: Term and Renewal | 114 |
| Formalities of Copyright: Publication, Notice, Registration and Deposit | 125 |
| American Manufacturing Provisions | 153 |
| Dramatic and Musical Copyright, Including Playright | 162 |
| Mechanical Music Provisions | 202 |
| Artistic Copyright | 222 |
| Infringement of Copyright: Piracy, "Fair Use" and "Unfair Competition" | 251 |
| Remedies and Procedure | 265 |
| Importation of Copyrighted Works | 278 |
| Copyright Office: Methods and Practice | 297 |
| International Copyright Conventions and Arrangements | 311 |
| International Copyright Movement in America | 341 |
| Copyright Throughout the British Empire | 373 |
| Copyright in Other Countries | 398 |
| Business Relations of Copyright: Author and Publisher | 430 |
| The Literature of Copyright | 453 |
| Appendixes | 463 |
| United States of America: Copyright Provisions | 465 |
| British Empire: Copyright Provisions | 517 |
| International Copyright Union: Conventions | 603 |
| Pan American Union: Conventions | 633 |
| Chronological Table of Laws and Cases, English and American | 653 |
| Index | 677 |
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# Code Reporter

The Code Reporter is a periodical, published from 1848 to 1851.
For further commentary on this periodical see "Notices of New Books" (1849) 11 Monthly Law Reporter 187; Abbott & Abbott, A Digest of New York Statutes and Reports: From the Earliest Period, 1860, vol 1, p xv; "American Reports and Reporters: No III: New York" (1871) 3 Albany Law Journal 490 at 491.
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# Code

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## Poems

* "Code" (1923, "She was a samurai woman"), a poem by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
* "The Code" (1914, "There were three in the meadow by the brook"), a poem by Robert Frost

## Short stories

* "The Code" (1901), a short story by Barry Pain

## See also

* Law
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# Coddington v. Richardson/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
77 U.S. 516
Coddington v. Richardson
No exceptions were taken to the admission or rejection of evidence on the trial, nor any special statement of facts found by the court. The only statement after closing the evidence, is, 'and the court thereupon found the issue for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at the sum of $5000.'
There is no question of law arising upon the pleadings or the trial. Those attempted to be raised refer to the evidence, as embodied in the record, but which, in a trial of the facts before the court, a jury being waived, we do not look into. We look into them only when found by the court.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

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# Cocoa and Chocolate: A Short History of Their Production and Use/Prefatory Note

Prefatory Note.
This publication is made up in part of original matter and in part of matter reprinted from three of our previous publications, namely: "Cocoa and Chocolate: A Short History of Their Production and Use," — a 12mo of 152 pages, published in 1889; "The Chocolate Plant and Its Products," — a small 4to of 40 pages, published in 1891; and "Cocoa and Chocolate: A Short History of Their Production and Use," a quarto of 72 pages, first printed in 1899 and reprinted in 1901. Copies of them can be found in many of the public and school libraries in the United States.
We have included in this work some new views of our mills and workrooms, and also some engravings from photographs taken also and in the West Indies and in Ceylon, showing the present methods of gathering and curing the fruit of the cocoa tree.
As even the standard dictionaries fail to give the exact meanings of the words "cocoa" and "chocolate," we give here an accurate definitions of those terms:—
Cocoa. — The commercial name given (1) to the seeds of the small tropical tree known to botanists as Theobroma Cacao; (2) to the cracked or coarsely ground product of the roasted seeds, sometimes designated more particularly as "cocoa nibs," or "cracked cocoa"; (3) to the finely pulverized product of the roasted seeds from which a portion of the fat has been removed, sometimes designated as "breakfast cocoa" or "powdered cocoa."
Chocolate. — (1) The solid or plastic mass produced by grinding to fineness the kernel of the roasted seeds of Theobrotna Cacao without removing any of the fat, sometimes called "plain chocolate" or "bitter chocolate"; (2) the same product to which have been added sugar and various flavoring substances, sometimes known as "sweet chocolate" or "vanilla chocolate."
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# Coda

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* "Coda", a poem by Dorothy Parker (1928)
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# Coddington v. Railroad Company

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United States Supreme Court
103 U.S. 409
Coddington v. Railroad Company
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. D. P. Holland for the appellant.
Mr. C. W. Jones, contra.
MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Cornhuskers/Monosyllabic

MONOSYLLABIC
Yesterday I loosed a snarl of words on a fool,
       on a child.
To-day, let me be monosyllabic...a crony of old men
       who wash sunlight in their fingers and
       enjoy slow-pacing clocks.
# Cornhuskers/Moonset

MOONSET
Moon sand on the canal doubles the changing pictures.
       The moon's good-by ends pictures.
The west is empty. All else is empty. No moon-talk at all now.
       Only dark listening to dark.
# Cornhuskers/Near Keokuk

NEAR KEOKUK
Sloshing their bare feet in a cool flow of clear water.
All one midsummer day ten hours the Greeks
          stand in leather shoes shoveling gravel.
Now they hold their toes and ankles
          to the drift of running water.
Then they go to the bunk cars
          and eat mulligan and prune sauce.
Smoke one or two pipefuls, look at the stars,
          tell smutty stories
About men and women they have known,
          countries they have seen,
Railroads they have built—
          and then the deep sleep of children.
# Cornhuskers/New Feet

NEW FEET
Grass crawls over old gun wheels
And a nodding Canada thistle flings a purple
Into the summer's southwest wind,
Wrapping a root in the rust of a bayonet,