Six Reasons Why

Bell in the church tower chimes

Approximately five times

Howling winds

Bring someone strange

Lone devil on horseback

Blew into the old boomtown

Along with clouds of dust

The silent stranger

Possesses a pair of pistols,

A sackful of coins

And no name

All present and no past

His sights are set on

The local saloon

Wants to wet his whistle

After crossing the twin doors,

All welcome him

With empty arms

Frigid stares and mean mugs

Follow him to the counter

The stranger tosses two silver dollars

In front of the barkeep

Whispers for whiskey

The whole bottle

Six-man

Welcoming committee

Don't take kindly to

The new man in town

Don't like the way he looks

So they keep welcoming him

With open slurs

Drawn revolvers

The biggest bully

Fires first

Before his crew could

Get a shot in,

The silent stranger gives

Six reasons why

Cowards fall

Bleeding with the quickness

Fast draw

Pinpoint precision

Smoking gun

Slow walk

Out of the shithole saloon

More fools rush in

His airspace

Armed with revolvers

The stranger settles

That with the one law that

Matters more than the sheriff

And gives the foolish ones

Six reasons why

He shouldn't be fucked with

Six reasons why

New corpses lie in the dusty road, burnt

Cordite lingers in the afternoon air, hot

Spent shells lie at his feet, new

Work for a bored undertaker

It's those

Six reasons why

Solitary men made the West wild

Six reasons why

Scenes like this

Captivate us so

Revolt the weak at heart

Revisionist history

On the small screen

Via DVD player

1870s

Amerikkkan West

1960s

Italian style—


By Dee Allen.

From: United States

Website: https://www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/deeallen