Singled Out and Forgotten by God

Yet another hole
Yet another hole
In this
Infested soul
In this
Infested
Soul

Seconds later, the couple sat erect on the sofa. Hitler seized his Walther pistol from the side table and Eva assembled with a content smile on her young and peaceful face. In her still hand-- the glass capsule of cyanide rested without a single tremor. She twisted her head as her husband spoke.

"Although during my years of struggle I believed I could not undertake the responsibility of marriage, I have now decided at the end of my life’s journey to marry the young woman who, after many years of true friendship, came of her own free will to this city, when it was already almost completely under siege, in order to share my fate." Hitler spoke to the closed door opposite him, as though he were taking on an imaginary audience for the last time. Eva reached to lay a hand on his hunched shoulder. Though he had aged ten years in only a few months, the new bride saw only strength and vigor in her broken husband.

"Adi…" She whispered gently, leaning closer to her Führer.

He crooked his head and smiled adoringly at his wife and continued in a serene tone, "At her own desire she will go to death with me as my wife." Hitler kissed Eva with trembling lips and embraced her so she could feel the cold steel of the pistol against her back. “This will compensate us for what we both lost through the work in the service of my people.”

The two broke apart and moved to either end of the undersized sofa. Adolf Hitler held the barrel of the pistol to his temple. With his free hand, he placed his own ampule of poison between his teeth and spoke from the left of his mouth. "When you hear the glass shatter my dear little one, do the same as your Wolf." He closed his eyes and bit down with a speedy crunch. Eva smelled burnt almonds and within an instant she heard the shot. The odor had distracted her, and she looked to see her husband’s head blown half off. The better part of his skull and brain had adhered themselves to the wall behind them. A pool of blood began to gather on the cushion beside her, and she reached to take Hitler's limp hand within her own.

Slipping the glass capsule from her mouth, Eva gripped it between her thumb and forefinger, twirling the object in the thick crimson blood seeping from her lifeless companion's head. "I live only for your love..." She said as she replaced the poison between her teeth. As the shards of glass ruptured her gums, Eva Hitler's blood mixed with her husband's and within a moment her expired body slumped over the mutilated remains of Germany’s Führer, as their fingers entwined.