for the satin strangler

– A heartbeat – That is what they all felt as they succumbed – A heartbeat that accelerated as they thought they had you and a heartbeat that sludged to a halt as they realized that it was in fact you that had them – The last beat to push the blood up into the neck where it stopped within your clutches – What did it look like as they passed from ecstasy to horror – What did their eyes say – Did they pass from shock through fear to full awareness – Then what – What was at the very end – Relief – To be spared the pain of it all – The pain of the act of death but perhaps the pain from their life – The last few seconds would be only yours to see – Only yours to cherish –