The Deal

This is my hand:
an ace, a spade, a poker-faced heart.
Full-house on the horizon,
and a club for the shark. 

You genuflect, stammer,
your practiced proposition.
And I, with cheater’s sleeves,
prolong the demolition. 

I smirk, you freeze,
with wide eyes and a treasure,
heart thumping noise –
this silence of pleasure. 

Cards on the table,
it is my call.
Shuffle of a lifetime,
the winner takes all.