Cheating Solitaire

These gaunt beggars I’ve sown  
these one-eyed gamblers    
squinting down outstretched    
palms of half tells    
and nothing-to      
shows    
except you    
soothe      
the wounded doubts    
 scratched    
 by a clock’s reckless fingers    
  know    
the ribcage of my obsession    
put out my eyes    
   with your own    
         unraveling tangled nests    
       of shiny pointed thoughts    
        vacuum      
 the breath      
out of every empty space    
where I waited for a handout    
  cheated at cards