A Private Invitation To He--

Gambler, I am not watcher of gamblers be One stood to depart approach I, to engage So I whispered and he listened "I saw you cheating." He said, "That's absurd." "I saw you praying." "To you that's cheating?" "Usurper of The Word." "Prayer is a privilege." "Words of an Opportunist." "I'm afterall, a gambler." "Depends, win or lose?" "I won ... they listened." "I prayed they would." "Pray tell, why so?" "I'm a debt collector." "A true conversationalist." "True ... that seldom you." "My debt, how much?" "What values your life?" "Are you threatening me?" "You misunderstand, forgive me." "Just use non-threatening words." "The debt I collect ...," "Get on with it." "..., is for your soul." "What, you're crazy?" "You said, you won." "I did win." "You misunderstood my prayer." "You prayed I'd win. "Misunderstanding corrected--to Who?" "To who--your meaning?" "Oh, about my employer?" "Again, what's your point?" "Basement worker--not attic." "Because I won?" "No, because your bet." "My soul--you get." "How correct you are." You're here to collect." "Yes, payment in full." "In a public place ...?" "Unbeknownst--you ..., we're downstairs." "It's not a casino?" "Trappings for the trapped." "Twas by private invitation." "Whereto, you had accepted." "The fortune I'm promised ...," "No angels--good witches." "Nothing for my soul." "Enough bait, you bit." "You used me." "You used yourself." "There's no escape." "You could have crossover." "Now grab a shovel." "I work in Hell?" "Hell of a work." "Attic is getting cold." "Gambler, for your freedom?" "What are your odds?" (background, sinister chuckle wanes ...)