I distrust anything that requires charging but isn’t at 100%
I plan to flirt with sincerity
only to withdraw it
like an unwanted handshake.
This is a love poem that distrusts love.
A relative of mine fell in love
with his late-night waitress at waffle house.
She had a way of taking an order.
She wasn’t rushed, she understood his choices,
and her apron reminded him of his mama.
He felt seen and cared for - isn’t that what we all want?
All love blooms on the edge of hazard.
How could I, in my busy and less-than virtuous youth
have ever solved the riddle-like mystery of his love?
Our truth has always been balanced
his admiring but chaste love with
my sweaty and frictional passion.
My love is honest - upon heaven I swear it.
I hate the wind that chafes him,
the sun that burns him,
and the sand that roughs him.
If our love should die,
it’s important to note,
the gun was in both of our hands.
And eventually, should some AI lover replace him
he’ll be missed, forever-ish.
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Songs for this:
Gravity Blues by Geese
Bust Your Knee Caps by Pomplamoose
Chained to the Rhythm by Nataly Dawn & Sarah Clanton
“You’re a daisy if you do.”
Doc Holliday
ITs THREE O CLOCK AND ITs O K
the local joke
a triple homicide
in thirty seconds
can see pale faces
through the coffin glass ~
too many face consequences
Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, Doc Holliday,
spray bullets and jargon
at the famed Cowboys
Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury ~
pushing up daisies
buried at Boot Hill
it’s grave
Holliday and the Earps
will have to answer
for their fame
Big Nose Kate, the local prostitute
slept with Doc
and Sheriff Wyatt had his common law
wife - she kept her life private ~
Tombstone, Arizona infamous!
3/9/2023
Years before 13th birthday
Sun beckons me run play
In the street under golden ray
With neighborhood kids on hills of clay
Learning to ride bike and skate
Playing kickball run chase
Playing football basketball too
Dodge ball softball all in June
In Clanton Park we all are one
Hiking green woods under red sun
What to do on rainy days
Play with dolls do hair makeup face
Drawing dresses or playing cards spa
Not so much t.v. but it had a part
We had just begun our training bras
Tomboys galore we are stars
7/3/2022
KELLY AND MULDOON
Kelly and Muldoon went to rob a bank
Both had been drinking all day and they stank
They sat counting the money
Folks thought it was so funny
When police hauled them off to the drunk tank...
BREAKING BAD
You've probably heard of Walter and Jesse
Made blue meth and had it down to a tee
The cartel were enraged
So hitmen were engaged
As a warning hung them both from a tree...
GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
The Clanton gang went to Tombstone to kill
Doc Holiday, Morgan, Wyatt and Virgil
Gunfight didn't go their way
They were having a bad day
Now they are all at rest up at Boot Hill...
Written 31st August 2020.
The Darkness at Noon
Tombstone never looked so good
With doomsday coming down
On the dusty Arizona town
The OK Corral near by
The Clanton-McLaury gang on hand
With no one else about
The Earp boys in the wings
Thinking things out
Doc Holliday also in tow for the show
The darkness at noon began
Guns rang out
30 seconds flew by and 30 shots fired
2 cowpokes fell to the ground expired
Justice prevailed that afternoon
Though darkness shadowed the mood
A legend began that cold dark day
When noon turned into night
In old Tombstone
(Darkness at noon contest en
Each day in Tombstone as tourists watch
The OK Corral gunfight plays out
Reenactments staged by the locals
The Earps always prevail in this bout
Saunter down to the Bird Cage Theater
Now a museum in this Old West town
Actors aren’t needed to play roles
The original cast is still around
Sixteen gunfights caused 26 deaths
Poker players who were dealt bad hands
Tourists still hear the shuffling of cards
And music from the piano man
Gunshots, images captured on tape
Dancehall girls still perform on the stage
Scents of old ale cling to dusty walls
And card game losers express their rage
Doc Holliday and Clanton Brothers
Look on as Wyatt holds all the cards
Virgil, Morgan glare at the McLaurys
Lawmen and outlaws send their regards
Spirits may rise from nearby Boot Hill
To visit the Bird Cage for a while
Delighting modern-day visitors
With a taste of history, Tombstone-style
To learn more about the Bird Cage Theater hauntings and see photos, visit http://www.ghost-
trackers.org/birdcage.htm
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