<h3> <SPAN name="wesley"></SPAN> WESLEY EVEREST </h3>
<p>(Mutilated and murdered at Centralia, Washington,
November 11th, 1919, by a mob of "respectable"
businessmen.)</p>
<p class="poem">
Torn and defiant as a wind-lashed reed,<br/>
Wounded he faced you as he stood at bay;<br/>
You dared not lynch him in the light of day,<br/>
But on your dungeon stones you let him bleed;<br/>
Night came . . . and you black vigilants of Greed . . .<br/>
Like human wolves, seized hard upon your prey,<br/>
Tortured and killed . . . and, silent slunk away<br/>
Without one qualm of horror at the deed.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Once . . . long ago . . . do you remember how<br/>
You hailed Him king for soldiers to deride—<br/>
You placed a scroll above His bleeding brow<br/>
And spat upon Him, scourged Him, crucified . . .?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
A rebel unto Caesar—then as now<br/>
Alone, thorn-crowned, a spear wound in his side!<br/></p>
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