Thursday, April 3, 2008

The West Is History

Jesse James on this day was shot dead
With a five grand reward on his head.
Bobby Ford fired
And Jesse expired.
On the wall hung a picture, crook-ed.


4 comments:

  1. The whole scene, Ford repeated on stage
    For a time, it was simply the rage
    To see this man Howard
    Shoot Jesse --the coward!
    In the back... neither reached an old age

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  2. A gun, in scene one, must be shot
    When done, in the play, one knows not
    But if flabbergasted
    When gun is then blasted
    Then plot, 101, you’ve forgot

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  3. Great scores of actors drew acclaim
    Portraying outlaw Jesse James
    From Power to Pitt
    But not Eartha Kitt
    Film frames are too tame for some dames

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  4. B. Stanwyck, in Western, used whip
    And drove her ranch hands at a clip
    With dizzy crane shots
    And wildest of plots
    I'd say Forty Guns was a pip

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