Negotiating a Bad Deal
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"Won't you reconsider?" He said with a smirk
I try not to quiver, He catches a jerk
of the wrist, just a twitch, but enough to reveal
the nerves, now induced, by the thought of His work
"You must understand," I shortly reply
surely obvious, reasons to why
I search every measure to sever a deal
that damns my redemption, meant when I die
"All with its cost," offering His rebuttle
as if my eternal was something so subtle
that's when it occurs, quite clear and quite real
a choice to be made, not much left to muddle
"Seems hands are tied," conclusion I draw
forced to forsake my Olde Father's law
tread towards the end with Hell at my heel
until the day cometh, the thought will it gnaw
"A name on the line," His final command
inked up with blood, a feather in hand
depths of my soul, now stained with His seal
I pray, pray it's worth, to live a marked man