Claim Jumpers Hellbound

struck a match
off the dirty preacher's zipper
burned a small limp account of big sin cauterized
and castrated well that's not how he died white collar
disguised

claim jumpers hellbound
sweetwater's cayenne-peppered noose
he was itching to be hung what goes around comes around
her witch on the loose status returning to its original value and his accomplice?

the engraver
carved the image
on the headstone in
1879 noose hemp halter
and that pine on the day the
breckenridge pass word hung
stolen give her enough rope

bible verses
didn't make a difference
in this case orphans placed
with a reformed whore more capable
than any god those fooled into a facade

days like these
make me wish to hell
I didn't know two-faced
and him he can cover his eyes
with his dark glasses to hide his lies
claim jumpers hellbound what goes around
comes around

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist