cards held gripped
right to your chest
I just called your bluff and you glance over my forehead
hearts and spades
what do you have?
what cannot bear to share?
whose the dealer and who gets hit?
I picked up the tokens
the glass and the shards
the parts of me that chipped away
my ephemeral hand tossed again to the wind
stake your bets and ante up
[kiem]