The man at the table, he not looking at you, but he looking, anyway. He smokin’ a cigar like your daddy would on special occasions, back in the day, when you were a little girl.
He sees you come to the table. “Lookin’ ta play, dawlin’?” he rasps, and smoke flies every-which-way. It smells like cedar and old leather. His face is shaded, holed up tight in an old bowler and an old coat in the dark.
You nod, and you grab for your purse, since craps ain’t free, an’ never been. You may be new, but not THAT new. Even spirit bars got a price.
He stops you, exhaling long an’ slow. “Oh, nah, girlie. Money t’ain’t no good here, in dis place. We be dealing in higher stakes.”
He waves a hand—isn’t there something wrong with his hand?—and it feels like you jus’ lost something. Somethin’ important.
“Welcome t’the game,” he says, and you turn to thank him but he gone, smoke and all, laughter echoing in the dark.
On the table are two silver coins, but both sides are snake eyes.
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TRACK LISTING
- KONGOS – Come with me now
- The Pretty Reckless – Heaven Knows
- Claudia Brucken f. The Real Tuesday Weld – (I Always kill) The Things I Love
- The Dirt Daubers – Get Outta My Way
- The Dead Brothers – The Story It’s Always The Same
- The Goddamn Gallows – 7 Devils
- Hozier – Take me to church
- Delta Rae – I Will Never Die
- Lauren O’Connell – House of the Rising Sun
this is exactly what I needed thank you (and yesss you even put take me to church on there this is LITERALLY what I needed)
I did now KNOW I needed this but I DID.
I KNEW I needed this today and I’m glad apparently other people did too
Songs were throwing themselves at me and I was like THE UNDERWORLD VIBE IS FUCKING FIERCE TODAY AMEN PRAISE
Yay
Stardust and Sinew 