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The Corn Belt
Pressing in on I-70, From the Mississippi, through Illinois, into Indiana, All there are, for as far as wide is deep, farther,
Are pied-plot swaths of this nation's Corn Belt — Ubiquitous, infinite farms, Each a modern feudal-estate island unto itself,
With blue-shuttered white houses, tree-shaded yards, Red-sided barns, green tractors and combines, Silver feed bins, brown and black cows.
A simple equation for a back-breaking occupation: An onerous day's work for an honest day's wages, Man's give-and-take with the land.
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