Another Day in Deadwood

by Bill Turner   Feb 22, 2006


Boots covered in dust and blood
Loaded six guns hang at my side
Vest and chaps bearing scars and crud
Standing in the street swelling with pride

I once spent a lifetime living here
Never doing what I should
Saunter to the saloon for a beer
Just another day in Deadwood

Another of my past lives catching up to me
Buried deep somewhere upon that hill
My former body at rest, soul living inside me
Wondering just how many did I kill

Walk the boardwalk taking in the sights
In this town I met a saloon singer
Savoring the chill of the dark nights
On the trigger my finger will linger

Gone are the gun fights of yore
No one killing in the street
Suddenly it is such a bore
Smiling at the people I meet

I know I once died here
Shot dead in the dust
Living with no fear
Buried in the earths crust

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  • 17 years ago

    by Mel

    Yeah, you're right. You should be proud of that poem. Well done. If anything, I would have liked to hear the beat of the poem end with a single line: 'Another day in deadwood'

  • 18 years ago

    by Alissa

    What exactly were the colors of them boots, I cant get ht epicture of the poem in my head and it PISSES me off Bill!!!!!! ugh

  • 18 years ago

    by Laura

    Great write...it made me think of western world back in the day. I loved how you wrote this about a past life it made the poem very affective.
    The ending is my favorite:
    I know I once died here
    Shot dead in the dust
    Living with no fear
    Buried in the earths crust
    5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by Nearly but not quite

    I love your poems so much! i don't know how you write them so much, the imagery is perfect. It means so much to me that you liked one of my poems, thank you for your comment!
    Helen

  • 18 years ago

    by Melissa

    Bill, "The Cave" is so beautiful!
    I love these lines, awesome writing!

    "Etched into the stone of my heart
    A message that needs no translation"
    EXCELLENT write!

    and "My Empty Soul", wow that was amazing! The flow was perfect and I love your voice in this poem, so much strength and love! Beautiful write! ;o)

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