The two exchanged a glance

            Before they would be ushered

            To their common destination

 

            They’d each refused a meal

            But had a smoke

 

            And through the dissipating haze

            Between their eyes

            They sized each other up

 

            Who would crack first?

            Inquired the corners of their mouths

 

            As the moments counted down

            They ventured on a pact

 

            “Tell me,” said the one, “of all your

            Memories, which do you cherish most?”

 

            “I will,” the other answered, “if you

            Promise to reveal the memory

            You wish the most to disavow”

 

            They pondered, in those last few

            Agonising seconds, and

            Discovered, as their escort called,

            The questions were identical

 

            In the aftermath of their duet

            Despite the wild applause

 

            They had nothing left