CARD GAME WON 1957
Posted: September 30th, 2015, 4:00 pm
Dennis said
how comes
you hang around
the girls?
they ain't nothing
just trouble
just dolls
and girl talk
and soft talk
that's why
I like them
the contrast
the other world
kind of thing
I like their being
Maid Marian
to my Robin hood
or Annie Oakley
to my Billy the Kid
I like it when
they bind
my pretend wounds
after a gun fight
at the OK Corral
or after
a run in
with Norman Knights
and that kind
of pretend fights
I said
Dennis sat
and looked at me
and said nothing
but threw his card
against the wall
but came short
of nearing mine
and I bagged his cards
including
his favourite
film star card
and he stared at me
moodily and hard.
how comes
you hang around
the girls?
they ain't nothing
just trouble
just dolls
and girl talk
and soft talk
that's why
I like them
the contrast
the other world
kind of thing
I like their being
Maid Marian
to my Robin hood
or Annie Oakley
to my Billy the Kid
I like it when
they bind
my pretend wounds
after a gun fight
at the OK Corral
or after
a run in
with Norman Knights
and that kind
of pretend fights
I said
Dennis sat
and looked at me
and said nothing
but threw his card
against the wall
but came short
of nearing mine
and I bagged his cards
including
his favourite
film star card
and he stared at me
moodily and hard.
