Deadwood

Acacia tree satel’ the prairie land townsfolk gather the witnessing stand music man muster the rhythm band... a waltz they played, gravedigger prep a solo grave, shackles jingle accursed limbs... hands & feet, each thwack step... weak, weak, weak, hidden from popular sight a woman, Abigail, weep latched onto mercy’s flee. hers the lie condemned the meek, hangman readies the gallows floor spring-door springs, dangling legs swings, neck snaps a hoarsen gasp, buckeyes bleed,