Lost and Found

A hotter than hot day

Temperatures soarin' at high noon

Needed a lemonade on the rocks

In the saloon.

The sheriff's chair is empty

Not many folks around

A perfectly lazy day

Spotted the Lost and Found.

Looked into the box

Hopin' to find Kitty

Instead there's a huge sombrero

Sittin' pretty.

Tryin' to look underneath

On my head, it covered my eyes

The landscape changed

A vision, the past, the future... lies.

A beautiful field

In a distance

A house

A barn

Movin' closer

At the gate

A white fence

A swing

A lemon tree

Clouds cracked

Roses red

Lashed loudly

Bloody red

Bloody drops

Bloody garden

Bloody house

Bloody riverlets

Bloody backyard

Two figures stood

pointin' a gun

A bullet fired

A body fell.

"No, this can't be!"

The barn burst

Flames followed

Engulfed everythin'.

One step front

Two steps back

Ashes rose

Fire blocked the path

Ashes rose

Buildings burned.

The saloon

The jail

The telegraph office

The mail

Ashes rose

Not a sound

Everythin' burnt

To the ground

"No! Not again!

Not this time!"

His lifeless body lay

Among the dyin' embers of day.

"What have I done

I shouldn't ...

I shouldn't have stayed"

"That's bad fashion, CG"

The sombrero on the floor

Bright light flooded in

Through the saloon door.

"Best get off your knees, CG

Unless you want to propose

The sheriff should be here soon

No one will oppose".

CS snickered

At his own joke

CG rushed out

Past whisperin' folks.