Blindside Aftermath

tin cup
with a bullet hole
communion wine spilled
keyhole jammed the doorkeeper
is in hiding she timed blindside with
a pocketwatch that cheated the man hands
stagecoach robber thought it was the real deal
but faro had no such script it was all played with
imposter paper the banker put blank sheets in between
the bait
 
the illusion laced with
opium preacher was lured
with a white elephant plate of tusk
we just put it in the century of the old west

the other women
have grown so pretty
from their childhood and
wavering service to the lord
where washtubs dye their hair a color
called blindside aftermath we popularized
in the old west apothecary replacing peroxide
plagiarism put laudanum to sleep

there's a
shingle swinging
hanging above the
saloon doors to remind us
and the madam's whores just how
colorful of an event it was

we hold
the patent
on the hair dye
blindside aftermath
scandal never looked
so pretty of a hot shade
leave it on twenty minutes
it'll change

   
Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist