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The Chess of Judge Roy Bean

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It actually occurred
Within the past few months
There’s an expiration date on my ass
Whether in pain I die
Whether fast, or faster than age
Or whether there’s just a day when
As in fight films good, sad, cheesy
Where my guard comes down
My defense is nil
And I’m knocked on my back
Onto a nursing home bed
By irresistible forces
Fresher than mine,                so
When you read my Billy the Kid
Posturing, postpostmodern Earp
Over sins as old as settlers’ bones
John Wayne’s last flick, holds the key,
Presented a choice of no choice but
That cowled harvester in the corner
Checking his phone, reading TIME
If that’s “it”, and fugeddabouditt, well
If one has doubled down, all one’s days
Parochial to the point of BATMAN
Life’s endgame offers no stalemate
It’s my move
Collision course

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