Thursday 22 April 2021

No Time for a Lesson in Civics, My Boy











The Judge :
Have you forgotten that I'm the man who passed sentence on Frank Miller? 
You shouldn't have come back, Will. It was stupid

Cain :
I figured I had to. 
I figured I had to stay. 


The Judge :
You figured wrong. 

Cain :
I can deputise a posse. 
Ten, 12 guns is all I need. 

The Judge :
Yeah, My Intuition tells me otherwise. 

Cain :
Why? 

The Judge :
No time for a lesson in civics, my boy — 
In the fifth century B.C., The Citizens of Athens, 
having suffered grievously under A Tyrant, 
managed to Depose and Banish him. 

However, when he returned some years later 
with an army of mercenaries, 
those same citizens not only 
opened The Gates for him, 
but stood by while he executed members of The Legal Government. 

A similar thing happened about eight years ago 
in a town called Indian Falls. 

I escaped Death only through the intercession of A Lady 
of somewhat dubious reputation, 
and at the cost of a very handsome ring 
which once belonged to My Mother. 

Unfortunately, I have no more rings. 

Cain :
You're A Judge

The Judge :
I've been A Judge many times in many towns. 
And I hope to live 
to be A Judge again. 

Cain :
I can't tell you What to Do. 

The Judge :
Why must you be so stupid, Will? 

Have you forgotten 
What He Is

Have you forgotten 
What He's Done to People? 

Have you forgotten 
that He's Crazy

Don't you remember 
when he sat in that chair 
and said,

"You'll never hang me. 
I'll come back. 

You'll never hang me. 
I'll come back. 

I'll kill you, Will Kane. 
I swear it, I'll kill you"

 Think I'm letting you down, don't you? 

Cain :
No. 


The Judge :
Look, this is just 
A Dirty Little Village 
in The Middle of Nowhere. 

Nothing that happens here 
is really important. 

Now get out. 


Cain :
There isn't time. 

The Judge :
What a waste. 
Good luck. 



“On December 16, 1961
The World turned upside down 
and inside out
and I was Born, 
Screaming, in America.

It was The End of The American Dream, 
just before We Lost Our Innocence irrevocably, 
and The TV Eye brought 
The Horror of Our Lives 
into Our Homes for all to see.

I was told when I grew up, 
I could be anything I wanted – 
A Fireman, A Policeman, A Doctor. 
Even President, it seemed. 

And for the first time 
in The History of Mankind, 
something new called 
An 'Astronaut.'

But like many kids growing up 
on a steady diet of Westerns, 
I always wanted to be 
The Cowboy Hero :– 

That Lone Voice 
in The Wilderness 
fighting Corruption and Evil wherever I found it, 
and standing for 
Freedom, Truth and Justice.

And in My Heart of Hearts
I still track the remnants 
of That Dreamwherever I go —
on My Never-ending Ride 
into The Setting Sun.

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