It was only the wind
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
We’ve been circling one another for days
trying to find a weakness.
An opening in each other’s armor
So, they say…
so we could say who won
Not for embarrassment’s sake
or pride of ownership
or any other more selfish reason,
clearly there is too much at stake.
We each do not want to be made a fool of …
and require further proof of intent,
It’s high noon now
and the odds for and against us are even…
But we are so wound up and tense
the least spark of activity real or imagined
and we draw
We both could
shoot the hide off a water buffalo at forty paces,
make a saddle before it hit the ground,
dried, cured, and mounted,
That’s our reputation yours and mine…
Somewhere in the corner of our eyes
we see motion
Two shots rang out.
It was a double heart
shot clean and true.
We got each other
at the same time
Too bad for the both of us.
Our aim was true,
Double heart shots
through and through
but too bad for us…
we both lose
It was only …
the wind
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Written on February 19, 2007
Submitted by Charles2 on September 15, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,044 |
Words | 246 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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