The rope is hanging!

Lynched are his thoughts

Just hanging

By the mob, their rules.

A struggle of words, truth

Guns blazing.

The story lies within

A man dangling

On the rope, tried.

Slapped, the injustice,

Gallops away,

The saddle empty.

The wrong man.

Reviews

[Valentine]

That happened many times in the old west . You expressed your thoughts very well in this little ditty. Valentine

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Kathie

[Jane Taylor Hardy]

A fantastic write wrapped with injustice and philosophy....cloaked in beautiful imagery.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Jane for your review and kind words

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The good, the bad and the ugly comes to mind as 'Blondie' becomes caught up in a three way split for cash...lol... i love Clint Eastwood films, especially the man with no name westerns... great piece here, Andrew... lynched thoughts, hanging and a blazing pen to scribble them down... sometimes the wrong ones are hanged; an occupational hazard, I guess :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yep---"they made three mistakes, the money, the hanged the wrong man, and they didn't hang him long enough"---

i am humming the music even as was reading this scintillating poem about a poet being lynched...and most likely just because "they" don't understand him....

[andrew mitchell]

Very true J You tick all the boxes! Glad you enjoyed this! Thank you jacob

[africa]

Haha very funny Clint ;-)

[andrew mitchell]

It was based on Clint being hanged in his westerns lol Thanks Africa!:)