Headstones in the cemetery at Ft. Buford, Montana:
Son of Owlheadress, beat to death, July 22, 1868
Owlheaddress, dead of drink, Aug. 20, 1868
At Sally’s, Son of Owlheaddress,
swayed before Cap’t Johnson
who turned him out into the night.
Egged on by moonlight
and stars like stripper’s veils,
he went back and got beat to death.
At the bar, between two whores,
Owlheaddress turned to his drink.
Cap’t Johnson, back at the post,
polished his boots.
Full moon, one moon later,
Owlheaddress sprawled over his son’s grave,
eyes wide, galactic debris
tinkling in his heart.
