Raven's Veil

Through the endless graveyard, she spies movement on the horizon Dark birds circle, a murder of crows, wait with patient savagery "If they are still on the wing, something yet lives out there..." She feels compelled to satiate her longing for answers Knowing there is only one way to be sure.....she steps out Cool swirls of mist skirt her ankles just above the lifeless earth Cautiously she navigates stone, sky, darkness, and fear As she nears her destination of the dark birds' obsession, she slows Inward, she draws a deep, slow breath...tobacco, musk, whiskey, misogyny Quieting her mind, she hears labored, raspy breathing... oaths and curses "So, he managed to survive.... plotting my demise, I suppose." Gingerly, like climbing into a hot bath, she flanks him and approaches Brandishing her pistol, she takes aim, and clears her throat... "Aaahemm!!....going somewhere?? Only to your Maker!!!"...*BANG* Never again will he hurt the Sisters of the Earth.... *JIM DAVID* *contest "AMONG THE DEAD*