Oswald's grave

His mouth gaped,
made an O, 
an Oreo,

A gasping carp
on land mouth,

when the bullet
from Ruby’s snubnose

Colt Cobra .38
pierced his gut.

The gun then sat in
a white cloth bag
in a safety deposit box

for twenty four years
while it's ownership
was contested.

Ruby’s brother Earl
sold it for legal fees
and back taxes.

To a real estate developer

from Del Ray Beach.

He tried to sneak out the back door

of the auction at the Omni Hotel

with the revolver hidden

in a velvet Crown Royal bag.

Back home in Florida,

he fired hundreds of bullets
from the gun into a swimming pool.

Mounted them on plaques
and sold them to benefit
various charities and
environmental groups.

Beside Oswald’s grave
in Fort Worth Texas,

on the adjacent plot

is a grave stone, same size
and same pink granite

as his.

The name engraved
on the matching stone 
is Nick Beef.