Swallowed

Watching while Buzzard’s circled

Above prairie sand shifting round

The Coyote stood mostly hidden

Careful to not make a sound

 

From his place on a raised bluff

He watched one rider laying still

The other, trying to keep standing

Was also, steps from boot hill

 

They had both quarreled

Was the story I had heard

Over a Barmaid or Horse

The situation was blurred

 

It became two more Old West guns

Deciding how this would turn

The Buzzard’s cared not at all

Nor did the Coyote show concern

 

The warm wind, while shifting soft sand

Didn’t consider fools and their ways

The wide sky would still remain blue

As two Gunfighter’s finished their days

 

While wide prairie lay indifferently

Hungry Buzzard’s considered a feast

Of these two going to their maker

Who would never see a priest

 

Slowly swallowed by the desert

These lost souls with no name

Would leave nothing behind

Not even the slightest sand stain

 

 

Reviews

[FGFRANKLIN]

Cool atmospheric vibe to the whole poem. King Richard said, "My kingdom for a horse" in Shakespeare's play. Nobody knew how much he'd offer for a barmaid. ;) This was great fun to read. I enjoyed.

[Dave Brown]

i saw "I wanna be a cowboy" the other night
Amazing what he had those horses doing
Thaks for visit

[FGFRANKLIN]

I like horses. Mules are even better. I've got a childhood friend who raises mules. Took my kid over and he let her pet one and feed him some hay out of her hand. It was gentle as a pet dog.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

My partner loves westerns old new or satires
I do too
Westerns take me back in time
Great write Dave

[Dave Brown]

I have also stood on my head to watch some decent Aussie type westerns

[Pete]

how many swallowed whiskey at the bar before their last showdown? good visuals along with rhyme. they've got the rhyme now they just need a reason. i think many such folks couldn't find their way in life and had a death wish. as the old saying goes, "better to go out with a bang than a whimper" ... :)

[Dave Brown]

yes Pete
Too many guys looking to be 'The Man'

[Pete]

... exactly - i think my quick draw is faster than yours although it may cost you your life to find out, if you dare ... :)

[Pete]

... of course clint eastwood is an entirely different story ... :)

[Dave Brown]

Yes. he was "THE MAN" but recently we saw him in "Cry Macho" and that was a bit of a joke
He should not have done it, anyhoos I'll meet you at high noon and we can settle this whole thlng

[John the Baptist]

Shooting it out over a barmaid or a horse. I guess intelligence was not the primary qualification of a gunfighter.

[Dave Brown]

I think getting a movie contract was top of the list
JtheB

[Dave Brown]

or perhaps I should introduce you to the barmaid

[Matthew Kult]

Ah a free meal for the coyotes. Two gunslingers who killed each other over who knows what. Like today's world people shooting one another of sex drugs or money. Good read.

With love

Matthew

[Dave Brown]

all buried from sight neath the sifting sands
Adios Muchacho'