Short Dead Eye Poems

attracted to her fingers
and slippery as an eel
its one dead eye stares at her
— the silver dollar

lonely child spoons dirt over
the sandwich bag zippered shut
there’s naught burial at sea
— two sticks form a cross

10/13/2018...

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here be layin mean en evil tombstone jack
they done shot em six times in the back
they was afeard of his dead eye aim
that gived jack his well knowd name

but now they kin jist call em holey



Authors Note:
 The spelling, grammar errors and dialect 
are done intentionally. 
It is my attempt to keep within the 1800's era writing style. 
A writer of that time period was lucky to be able
to write their own name....

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