Ballroom Bloodbath

leather straps and lace crochet
footsteps in the hidden staircase
flash of teeth and a tiny dagger
fake eyelashes, a cocky swagger
balcony at midnight
and a drunken fistfight
they betrayed each other
dance card
marble floors
stained glass
harpsichord
tête-à-tête
russian roulette
oil paintings on silver hooks
opium inside hollow books
chandeliers and fine red wine
and champagne
a curtain to hide behind
ballroom at midnight
?(small throat)?, sharp knife
they betrayed each other
dance card
marble floors
stained glass
harpsichord
tête-à-tête
russian roulette
they betrayed each other
they betrayed each other
they betrayed each other
now she’s gone forever
lost all the energy
pistol
lost all the poison
in the punchbowl
i saw the body
on the table
i saw it all