Old Liar

from Poe's Ghost by Dolores Dagenais

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Old Liar

Game of chess on a Saturday
I move my bishop
He counters with something
I didn’t expect
Death’s not so bad
But he cheats at games of chance
And strategy
Your queen up his sleeve
If you turn your back
That old liar
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies

Cup of tea on a Saturday
I raise a topic he fills it out
Like a bureaucrat

Death knows about
Red tape and things like that
The ins and outs
How to go about unnoticed
That old liar
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies

We’ve had good conversation
I’ve won three out of five
I’m sensing his frustration
He’s reaching for his scythe
That old liar
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies

Late at night on a Saturday
Taste of gin a silent toast between parting friends
Death’s patient but he gets you in the end
An ace up his sleeve he has standing by
That old liar
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies

Game of chess on a Saturday
You move your bishop
He counters with something
You didn’t expect
Death’s not so bad
But he cheats at games of chance
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies
The rules don’t apply
Everyone dies everyone dies

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from Poe's Ghost, released October 7, 2012

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