Plays on imagery associated with western cowboy films. Gunslingers is a term in westerns to describe those who fight with guns often shooting from hip. Poem starts by replacing guns with phones, humorous comment on how relationships can be like a fight or 'showdown', imagery also suggests violence in characters.
Light-hearted mood created by images typical of slapstick, metaphor of tongue as weapon perfectly describes argument and is comic with alliteration of 't's.
Punctuation also used to reflect feelings of speaker. In first stanza a long opening sentence followed by short one, creating tension in comedic way as we, like speaker, prepares for phone ringing. Punctuation also in final stanza as speaker reels at receiving two texts at once. She composes 'take this...and this...' like shots of gun or kisses, purposefully ambiguous so meaning of final line open to interpretation. Speaker giving in and returning kisses with her own or last attempt at shootout?
Intimate physical words and phrases suggesting genuine closeness between lovers.
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