Ray In The Sun

Author: Stephen W. Cote

Rings for old junkets

Two to a cell

Fists in straight jackets

Ropes demark hell

Bulbs flash, see cartoon stars

Look close, he's going down

Myriad drops on the brow

Visceral red

Raw meat-packing sounds

Confuse the head

Bell chimes, an anxious pause

Look away, the hero's down

One lain on the ground

Ray in a sun

Of bestowed honor

He boxed, he won

Years pass, one photograph

Look back, Ray's in the sun