It's Not OK

The shootout at the Not OK Corral.
So named not as a judgement or a slight
but rather to distinguish its locale
for those who, inadvertently, just might
confuse it with its neighbor, that one other,
where frontier justice, namely Wyatt Earp
dispensed with Billy Clanton, though his brother -
that's Ike, and frankly, much more of a perp -
went on to live, and not to be confused,
and you could see how such a thing annoys,
in ways that would leave any ego bruised,
with either the old Hatfields or McCoys.
Which leaves me with but one more thing to say.
Hell yes, it's a corral… but not ok.


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