Saturday, June 5, 2010

The Foggy Logic


At the far end of the knoll--
one
waking before a heavy, heavy dawn
two
hand in hand with a fair shake
three
two guns--identical revolvers, in fact
four
there were decisions to be made as the labryinth set in
five
pace and pace and pace and pace
six
cloaked in tweed--shortbread on their breaths
seven
the recalling of a daguerreotype buried in his pocket
eight
and a Saturday untouched in its ability to evoke desperation
nine
nine
ten
the pocket watch was weighing him down
eleven
none the wiser
twelve
and suddenly he remembered
thirteen
Aaron Burr had it all wrong
fourteen
an ill conceived notion
fifteen
turning around didn't much matter when the fog hovered over your face

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