the consumptive
gunfighter
  laid low and seeking out the
--- wishful dry dock monotony
   stalled in sullen
bullet riddled
   euphoria
     steadies himself
and aims
  falls
 and gets back up
   too late
the
 campesinos
have fled
   with their pitchforks
he sighs
and
 lays back down
      takes a comic book
from the shelf
dusts it off
  tears off a bit of a page
and rolls
 up some tobacco
   lights it up and turns
on the tv
match game 73 re-runs
    with Gene Rayburn