Monday, April 10, 2023

THE SHOOTIST

John Wayne is dying,

dying before they can evict him,

dying before his facial hair

can get any longer

or deeper in granite gray,

dying before he can kill

any more bad men

(or maybe a little bit

 later than that)


dying before he can become

very much more tenderhearted,

though he may give away

a few more rueful but real grins,

knowing the weight of the world

to be divinely ridiculous

John Wayne is dying.

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