congaree haiku
moonlight, spanish moss
jarfly buzz their dying song
congaree river
saw mill, working late
foreman there decapitates
his wife’s rich lover
reckoning tonight
on the congaree river
yes a reckoning
body parts been found
foreman’s wife tells all downtown
reckoning tonight
lawman in those parts
nick named “number one bird dog”
Tom Byrd gets his man
tonight we will see
if the birddog is for real
foreman waits, shotgun
reckoning tonight
on the congaree river
yes a reckoning
body parts been found
foreman’s wife tells all downtown
reckoning tonight
sneaking up, Byrd smiles
got the drop on this foreman
then from behind, “click”
reckoning tonight
on the congaree river
yes a reckoning
then three shots ring out
bodies crash into the floor
bodies in a pile
guns strewn cross the floor
blood and brain on ceiling tiles
yes, a reckoning
the foreman lays dead
his wife has blown off his head
wife dead too, Byrd true
what of sherff bird dog
did old bird dog get a pass
no no no no no
“number one bird dog”
took a load of number one
buckshot up his…
snout