he didn’t know no other way to treat her
it was how his daddy did his mom
it must be right
he never knew that when his ma
dreamed she dreamed
that woman laughed and flirted
and practiced with a sixgun
til she could pop the pip
out of an ace of spades
head off a rattlesnake
the night she died
she dreamed she dreamed
she shot her husband seven times
each of his fists
the place he should have had a heart
his mouth
his mouth
his mouth again
that part of him she had no name for
but caused her so much pain for sixty years
she smiled and knew that seventh round
must’ve been a miracle
she blew the smoke out of her gun
smiled
let this world go
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