Cards passing hands
Back and forth
Hissing as they shuffle together
Then apart once more
Laid out before her
Bangles click softly
Air thick with incense
Sweet and heavy
Jars arranged along the shelves
Each collected carefully by size
Glittering things
Some slither or sing
Whispering words
As the cards turn over
A fool smiles beside the devil
Dark Tower forever crashing earthwards
The path unfolding
A story now told
Under the cover of a gypsy's wagon
May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM UTC
Cards passing hands
Back and forth
Hissing as they shuffle together
Then apart once more
Laid out before her
Bangles click softly
Air thick with incense
Sweet and heavy
Jars arranged along the shelves
Each collected carefully by size
Glittering things
Some slither or sing
Whispering words
As the cards turn over
A fool smiles beside the devil
Dark Tower forever crashing earthwards
The path unfolding
A story now told
Under the cover of a gypsy's wagon
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