Cloud Shadow 11
Alas,
as
I
swang ~
My
cathedral
bell
rang ~
A
toll
for
the dead ~
In
my
whistling
air head ~
And down a steep
canyon
I
heard an echo ~
And found myself
answer-
ing
with a "hello" ~
To the gloom n' doom
spirit
of
John Ringo...
Cloud Shadow 12
Who shot himself
in the head
dead
some time ago...
Cloud Shadow 13
The fingers of
my hand
agrip
the anchor tip ~
One by one
began
to splinter
and chip ~
And I thought
"Maybe I ought
to
just let go" ~
As I swang
to
n'
fro ~
Above the Deep Desert
rocks that
were joking
n' laughing below ~
With
the somewhat
cheered-up
spirit of John Ringo...
Cloud Shadow 14
The cow rustler who
blew away
his brains
some time ago...
Cloud Shadow 15
So in my mind's eye
I saw
me
let go ~
Of the anchor that
swang
so dang
to n' fro ~
And in my mind's eye
I saw me-
self
fall into the embrace ~
Of the rocks
that
grinned
in my face ~
The cold n' hard
rocks
of
Deep Desert below ~
Where I could
shake
the hand
of the so ~
Charming n' suave
spirit
of
John Rrrrrrringo!
Wayne plays Ringo in Stagecoach 1939...
Cloud Shadow 16
The reputed killer
who ended-up
killing him-
self some time ago...