"Reapers" is an eight-line poem told in the first person. The poem describes black field workers sharpening their blades and then chopping silently at the weeds in the field. A horse-pulled mower also moves through the field, cutting everything in its path. The mower's blades slice a field rat, which lets out a squeal. The blade, glistening with the rat's blood, continues chopping weeds.
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