SUNDIAL
AND GALLOWS TREE:
A LLANO ESTACADO
NIGHTMARE
It's always later
than you think
you notice that
when you at the lynching tree
hang
and you are threatened with a timeout
the premature death
It was the motto
a sundial
down in ancient Mexico
west of Sonora
south of Laredo
which stood in a cemetery
in this godforsaken place
Country...
that I remember
will remember
as long as I live
on this earth
It's always later
than you think
because your thought is lagging
always after:
...what is just now...
...even if you do it quickly
with your Colt...
and also when thinking
are …
You think you're alive
otherwise you could
don't think
and still think it
upon your death
which overtakes the thought:
then when the rope breaks
already the neck
It's always later
than you think
if you
hanging from a lynching tree
and Mister Lynch delivers his verdict
Because there are no long negotiations here
And you're going to hell
it will be there later
than you thought
The devil has already done so before
made room for you as a precaution
so that he may torment your soul
who now serves him
completely devoted to God
after your botched life
It already was
too late for you
than this father slob
your mother had
fucked this whore
You have the light
the world sees
as a brat,
who always ticks wrong...
...so erratic
and so stubborn...
...like a cheap one
stubborn clock...
You have the Ace of Spades
receive
you already
was in the cradle
as the largest
the ass cards
What could you do?
already expecting?
An outlaw
and a desperado
A misfit and bandit
The Lynching Tree
was destined for you
if you are like you
behaves like that
The sun shadow
just jumps
to the next time unit
and it's later
than you thought
Your horse
made a sentence
driven by the
whiplash
You were
a bad horse thief...
And Mr. Lynch
has now spoken:
He has you
broken neck
already at a young age
and not
later than you thought
did this happen to you?
That's not always the case
without exception
later than you think
one becomes like you
hanged prematurely
