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Tombstone

Tombstone Three brothers and their wives, happily starting over together One was a former lawman, searching for, not fame, but fortune Justice was only swift if one drew his gun first, but was too slow The Wild West after the war; guns, liquor, anger, violence, and hope In an atmosphere of chaos, imported entertainment bandaged the pain This story had it all; romance, adventure, entrepreneurship, and gangsters There was little room for cowardice in these parts; but loyalty was priceless All were possessors of guns; the good men, the lawmen, and the lawless men There was a vicious coward who along with the ‘Cowboy Gang’ was driven out The pain of addiction, even back then, wiped out love and broke up marriages The coward cowboy said it best when he uttered, “Law don’t work round here”. Destroying the gang was best summarized, “It’s not revenge;it’s a reckoning”. Ex Lawman and a dying gambler renewed their relationship of prior years, places, times I cannot think of a movie that has given me more satisfaction than this cowboy legend Watching “Tombstone” always deeply moves me; I think I’m drawn by the “friendship factor 01212016 (PS contest, “Favorite Movie”, sponsored by Nayda Ivette Negron)

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