Roland's Tower Part Ii

The gunslinger entered the tiny town of Tull A town that was cast under his enemy's spell. First smiles, then lies, last gunfire came, Then Tull lay dead, in the gunslinger's name. Through the huge desert, thirsty and sore Still he kept walking, till he could walk no more. He came to a way station, water was there. He drank his fill, with water to spare. A boy name Jake was waiting for him Together they chased after Walter O'Dimm. A handcart, slow mutants, a mountain to climb, Roland liked Jake in just a short time. But Ka is a wind, or a very strong breeze; As Jake said, "There are other worlds than these." To his death he fell, in the valley far below. Roland watched him fall and he let the boy go. Across the mountain, he caught the evil man-- They smoked, they palavered, as enemies can. The Dark Man showed him things that would be, The Sailor, The Prisoner, and Lady of Shadows were three. They talked till the universe was born and reborn The gunslinger slept for centuries till morn. D H Loewen