✹ BETWEEN US ✹

✴ She drove me to the shore
and handed me a quiver.
She took a step back
and watched me shiver.

✺ There was a moment of silence,
sharp like a sliver.
I stared back and
watched her snicker,
and then there was nothing to do
except deliver.

❋ One barrel by the river
Two rounds in my pocket
Three men in blue
Four of them miss
Five’s what it took to hit

✸ Darkness lifts
I look at the light and spit
“Let me quit”.

✺ There was a pause
and it asked me

❋ **to keep something between us.**

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