Cropping full page in InDesign

Hi everyone,
I am new to InDesign, and have a question about cropping.
I have created a page/layout that includes an image, text, and series of triangular shapes. Due to the angle of the triangles, and the size I need on the cover, part of the shape extends past the page border. I cannot resize the shape to end at the page border, as this affects the angles I need. When I preview the image, things look great, with clean borders, but in normal view, it's a big old mess. This wouldn't matter, except I am making a document template for others to use. I would like to clean-up the parts of the layout that extend outside of the page, so it appears in normal view as it does in preview.
If I were working in Photoshop, I could simply use the crop tool, drag it to the shape of the page, and crop out the extra bits. Because I cannot do that in InDesign, I am unsure how to make this happen. I have tried Scissors, but it creates some jagged looking cuts on the triangles. I have been asked to work in InDesign, or else I would use a program more familiar to me.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
OTGB

I can't show the actual document, but I made a fake one that (hopefully) illustrates the problem.
This is what it's like in Preview:
And this is the Normal view:
The original has more happening, but this is the general idea.
I can't make it in Photoshop and place as an Image, because other people have to change the "fox" image, depending on their department.
Thank you for the help! Sorry I am so clueless.

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