Chapter 19
Gun came up unsteadily
Leveled at Janie’s breast
Pistol snapped once
If anybody at all would come!
Second click
Suffering brain urging him on to kill
Ferocious look in his eyes
The fiend in him must kill
Pistol and rifle rang out almost together
He crashed forward in her arms
Meanest moment of eternity
Held his head tightly to her breast and wept
Thanked him wordlessly for loving service
Had to tell him for the last time
Then the grief of outer darkness descended
Leveled at Janie’s breast
Pistol snapped once
If anybody at all would come!
Second click
Suffering brain urging him on to kill
Ferocious look in his eyes
The fiend in him must kill
Pistol and rifle rang out almost together
He crashed forward in her arms
Meanest moment of eternity
Held his head tightly to her breast and wept
Thanked him wordlessly for loving service
Had to tell him for the last time
Then the grief of outer darkness descended