T'was

bad

ground

&

holy

ground

in this American ghost town

in which the haunted saloon whistled its tune

which sounded forth shrilly especially around high noon…

~

There was no more whiskey

no more tables no more chairs

one wall was missing & half the roof

dust was thick where a rooster roosted

I wobbled on the last stool at the counter

YAVAPAI COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE: It has come to our attention that the residential address we have from your Voter Registration Form is actually a non-residential address...

ARIZONA VOTER: Yeah but, yeah but, but, but I've lived at this address for a year and a half with about 60 other veterans of the U.S. military... You mean to say, none of us can vote here in Arizona?