The Game...

Death was the only winner that night
Two and two faced off
Lone woman with men

Each with following
A few, stood silent
Bets quickly,
Surreptitiously laid

Raucous laughter came ---
Died quick on nervous lips.

Cards thrown to the floor
Chips scattered,
Table upturned
Chairs thrown back

Anguish cry
Traitor, scoundrel
Words once said,
Destroy what was--
Forever.

Magnum point44 deafens,
Bowey blade flashes
Three dead, one standing

Chest heaving
Eyes wild
Searching the crowd

Words whispered
They killed her
It begins
Death the only winner that night. © hjv