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Gunslinger
February 5, 1992

ten paces
turn and shoot
simple rules to simple games
a man to face another man
take life from life in blood run dawn
but families have nothing said
of the one lives, of the one death
romance out of context
children gathered at the TV sets
say cowboys are wonderful
but never see the cows

my father picked his colt up
cold eyes forgetting him already I glazed at him
he said
son, this is something I gotta do
I’ll be sorry to leave you behind
but a man’s honor is his life
and life for honor sometimes must fall
– fool
and I watched him walk stiff to the door
a corpse before he reached it
dead face set
and I watched him stride away from me
struck down before I could cry my nos
that I needed his face, not his honor

they said it should never bother me
the doctor and the corpse cleaning man
daddy died in honor
he faced his man and met his match
that he stood his ground, that he stood his ground

but my father, where’s the bullet for me
when you are struck and gone
now I’m left with no one
and a clean sheet and a headstone

you took your gun and left me
no chance to say good bye
no forgiveness then from this son
just bitter at your resting ground
wondering if ever I saw beyond your honor
where you never stayed to show me

now –
I’m left with memories
your warm smile and handsome eyes
pushing me on a handmade swing
your past come up to get you and me on a swing seat
just below the dogwood – you could have turned away
might as well have executed yourself in front of me
saying you had to go, that no condolences would come
here you’re a man and a martyr now
and me, well, just a broken son, remembering a swing

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from Scattered Resistance v5 - Inluminal, released October 20, 2012

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