Blackmail

They tell her what to do

And she does it

Biting back the bile

In the back of her throat,

Knowing that they might do

What they said they would do

If she doesn’t do what she’s told,

Panicking each time

Something in the plan goes wrong

Hating the man who always manages

To get in her way

Thinking he will make them do what

What they said they would do

If she can’t do it to him first,

Whole lives put at risk

Because of one stubborn fool

Who has yet to learn

That this is the way

the game is played

And that people like him

Have no business

Getting into the game

If he doesn’t know the rules

Or for that matter

The consequences