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Dakota Joe
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Dakota Joe |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
He rode atop, a buckskin mare, into town, from who knows where. Six guns strapped, low on his hips, as whispers flowed, from townfolks' lips. Rawhide chaps, black Stetson hat, past the jail, where sheriff sat. The sheriff stared, at stranger's face, checked wanted posters, just in case. Without a beard, he just might be, rose from his chair, to check and see, as headed down, town's wooden walk, said not a word, there was no talk. His eyes stayed on, the stranger's back, while stranger rode, all dressed in black. Was not a sound, 'cept horse's feet, amid the dust, of noonday heat. Then sheriff yelled, "Dakota Joe!" the stranger's horse, began to slow. Then in a flash, the stranger turned, and from his hands, twin fires burned. He was too late, the sheriff's gun, had fired first, no time to run. A woman screamed, the menfolk ran, to the side, of fallen man. Dead or alive, the poster read, from sheriff's mouth, "I guess it's dead." Beneath a hot and cloudless sky, Dakota Joe, did up and die. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I see the last four lines on the tombstone no less.... now, 'fess up....is that where the inspiration came from? I've been to Dodge!.... |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
You seem to have a knack for telling a good yarn, great work! "Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Mike~ Took me on a 'giddy-up' right through this one. Nice story-telling.  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Poor Joe!!! Couldn't he have had counseling or something? I know, I know, this is the old west.....sigh......twas a VERY good poem Mike! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
There's been a time or two that I thought having that 'Old West' kind of justice would have been the way to go...Excellent tale, Mike! |
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