Friday, June 26, 2009

Poem: Peacekeeper

By Jack Brummet

1
The hawk on a high wall
Is hardened in wickedness

2
A roiling thunderstorm clears the air
Like Wyatt Earp's peacekeeper

3
A bad beginning can be overcome,
But a good end lasts forever
---o0o---

[2008, revised 2009. This originally appeared in the little magazine Shorts]

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