Brute Hill
Ula La was a frycook
at Joy DuVeeve's saloon.
Rusty Naylor was a gambler
who overshot the moon.
Two Gun Shogun smoked his long stemmed pipe;
his katana made no sound.
Little Mort the Undertaker put
old Rusty in the ground.
Loup Garou and Bill McKinley
passed Brute Hill on the high noon train
to catch a bite at Joy DuVeeve's
before the plague coach came.
Heart of lead
and heart of black fade out without a sound.
and heart of black fade out without a sound.
Heart of gold
and heart of green still laugh and still beat on.
and heart of green still laugh and still beat on.
~June 2017
Optional Musical Accompaniment
Images: Going West, 1934-35, ©Jackson Pollack. Fair Use.
The Women Friends, 1917, by Gustav Klimt. Public Domain
