From  the collected works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaatje 1981



         These are the killed.
         
         (Byrne) -
         Morton, Baker, early friends of mine.
         Joe Bernstein. 3 Indians.
         A blacksmith when I was twelve, with a knife.
         5 Indians in self defence (behind a very safe rock).
         One man who bit me during a robbery.
         Brady, Hindman, Beckwith, Joe Clark,
         Deputy Jim Carlyle, Deputy Sheriff J. W. Bell.
         And Bob Ollinger. A rabid cat
         birds during practice,
         
         
         These are the killed.
         
         (By them) -
         Charlie, Tom O'Folliard
         Angela D's split arm,
                        and Pat Garrett
         sliced off my head.
         Blood a necklace on me all my life.
      


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