by Elyce | Feb 29, 2024 | winter
I did not realize
until right now
that you
and I
have
known
each
other
this
well
for
this
long.
My friend,
It’s so nice to see you
I wanted to tell you that my heart broke last week because of some boy whose name I’ve forgotten
It was urgent that you know
Then, after I recounted the events to you
It was clear no one would need to remember
The man is now a story
He’ll be a note in the song we’re playing some afternoon
if anyone can recall him
He is, all of a sudden
of no value
That’s what friends do
Rearrange your perspective
Help you find where you stand
My friend,
It’s a better world you let me live in
It’s a better world
by Elyce | Feb 19, 2024 | wild west
the man’s been sliced through three times
— and with reason
aloof is not a free pass
still he walks like the sun is just rising
I wait for the signal that’s coming
a hand shifting to his holster
a motion calling his horse
so, as the sheriff, I haul him to the station
before he’s stopped smiling
read him his wrongs
slam the cage shut
it’s just a fact though
the man’s a stag
he extends long legs in his cell
I keep expecting
to see his boots kick up dirt in a proposition
reminding me who runs this town
but the man is not trying to duel
he’s forgotten his hat and his drawl
and this badge will stay mine
i’ll continue to patrol 1881
not noticing
until way later
that he smells like a new frontier
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