ON FRIDAY NIGHT'S I SIT AT MY COFFEE TABLE <br />WAITING FOR MY OLD BUDDY TO COME OVER <br />WITH A TWENTY FOUR CASE UNDER HIS ARMS <br /> AND A BOX OF CUBAN CIGARS <br /> NOW WE DRINK AND SMOKE AND TALK ABOUT <br /> OUR WARS STORIES AND OUR BROTHERS <br /> WHO DIE AT ARMS <br />AND STILL KEEPING TO THE PACK <br /> CAUSE WE ARE THE LAST ONES <br /> OUT OF FIVE TO HAVE SURVIVED <br />CAUSE BILLY DIED IN THE FOX HOLE <br /> HE WAS JUST A BABY <br /> AND JOHNNY DIED <br /> FROM A CAR BOMB <br /> HE WAS JUST TWENTY FIVE <br /> AND WE CAN'T FORGET BOB <br />HIS PLANE GOT SHOT DOWN <br /> HE DIDN'T SURVIVE <br /> HE WAS ONLY THIRTY FIVE <br /> NOW WE DRANK PASS ARE FILL <br /> AS FRANKIE PULLED OUT A GUN <br /> SAYING DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE? <br /> YES I DO FRANKIE YOUR OLD ARMY GUN <br />NOW I KNOW A GAME WE CAN PLAY <br /> IT 'S CALLED RUSSIAN ROULETTE <br /> SURE FRANKIE <br /> HOW COULD I FORGET <br />A SOLDIER OLD WAR GAME <br />AND IT'S NOT LIKE MY LIFE <br /> IS GOING ANY WHERE <br /> WELL DON'T FEEL BAD TONY <br /> NEITHER IS MINE <br />I'M DYING OF CANCER <br />AND THE PAIN SOMETIMES <br /> IS UNBEARABLE <br /> NOW ENOUGH OF THIS <br /> LET'S PLAY TONY <br /> I'LL GO FIRST TONY <br /> LOADING THE CHAMBER <br /> AND SPINNING IT AROUND <br /> GENTLY PULLING ON THE TRIGGER <br />{ AND CLICK} <br /> NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TONY <br /> SPINNING THE CHAMBER <br /> GENTLY PULLING THE TRIGGER <br /> {AND CLICK} <br /> YOUR TURN FRANKIE <br /> SPINNING THE CHAMBER <br /> GENTLY PULLING ON THE TRIGGER <br />{ THAN BOOM }<br /><br />BRUCE MARTONE<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/russian-roulette-10/
