Boarder Town Melee (1927) and Two Poems
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1)
dying in the bar
[sluggish .458 socom ammo ly]
yet,
I would crawl too
upto the bar,
it was everything, the dampness
the carved wood
the zoned-out-ness in my head
dreaming; it was better than death?
then I took another drink…so many
I never moved much, like dead fish.
my head split like an ass
it was numb and, nothing else
numbness was my home
across the street, dancing
on the patio
the moon was out…they saw
me, and kept
deancing!…
as I wished I had another drink…!
#682 5/05
2)
Doña Leonor’s Revenge
(1627 AD)
Rafael Ortiz’s fate
Was on the plate
Of Doña Leonor’s
When she arrived
In Lima, Peru;
To taste revenge
For the beheading