Curse
Feel it strike home
when I hear the news.
Bullseye – my heart.
I can see her eyes narrow
as she guides the venomous
missile through the air
towards me, hundreds of miles
between us no protection.
Not a pantomime witch,
she looks demure, but
she has always been lethal.
She will have known the effect
the announcement would have
on me, for I love her still.
‘stream’ of pure venom rather than beam? Or simply ‘directs pure venom’?
Unexpected last line – great!
Mmm… I feel an edit coming on – I think I’ll change it to “guides the venomous/ missile” – thanks for your help.