A Natural Man: The True Story of John Henry

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The day before he was born a rainbow stretched across the sky from east to west The night was black as black as a crow’s wing dipped in ink There was a red copper moon that didn’t give off any light and the stars were a million years away Roosters crowed dogs howled and somewhere in the woods a wild creature screamed A huge dark cloud came and covered the moon and stars Forked lightning and rain poured out of that cloud and the thunder made a hammer out of itself that pounded the earth until the roots of the trees shook The Mississippi River ran upstream for a thousand miles and John Henry was born 6