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Rick Wolfe

Short Stories
- The Hand of War
- Letters from the Front

Poems
- Dead Man Walking
- Game
- Masquerade
- Duel
- A Gophers Tail

Game (7 ratings)
         by Rick Wolfe

Game

"Death, a wonderous game," said he.
"To die, to become naught but dust.
To die, forever gone, twould be fine you see
I say, let it come, death or bust!"

A strange old man was he.
Dapper, a gentleman I daresay.
Yet oh so strange this be.
Never have they been willing,
those I wouldst slay
And in so killing.
Bid them silently, good day.

I know not what to make of this man.
A quandry most vexing.
His dreams from which screaming I ran.
His visions most perplexing.

I find myself, unblooded sword in hand.
Standing, musing, of things best left unsaid.
This man who stands tall before me.
I can now most clearly see.
A man of noble bearing.
At whom death is now staring.

Upon the wind, my fell master calls.
And so, in a heartbeat, my blade quickly falls.
The still proud head, tumbles to the ground.
And rolls away, with but a whisper of sound.

And as I walk away, then run.
His words unto me
They haunt me you see.
For he whispered, "I forgive thee son."


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