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Martie

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0 posted 2003-06-01 07:49 PM

Lady Luck and the Gambler
(reposted for Magnus)

She could make a gambler win,
she could…
and she could dance,
beauty was in the
rhythm of her legs,
her legs mooooved, yes.

She was her disguise
of sweet young thing,
a pony-tail, the perfect ploy
and she felt the sweet heat
that pulled her
to a gambler’s heart.

She was Lady Luck.

The casino didn’t sleep,
it had no mask,
it was a living breathing thing.
Its organs the slot machines
and gaming tables,
its blood, the people
who played.
Accouterments of hope
where she stood and watched
so many mixed and muted hearts.

Some old and dressed
in yellow polyester,
some young, clean shaven
and fragrant with optimism.
They wore tight pants
with stiletto heels
or were pock-marked by youth
and disillusioned by love.

One night she was drawn
to an elderly lady
in navy blue
with a lace collar
and the smell of Gardenias.
A bun dotted the top of her head
and her past was written
in the lines etched across her face.
Roads of passion,
sadness and disappointment,
and many pathways to wisdom.
She clutched a bucket of quarters.

Oh, dear,
I seem to have lost my machine
she said.
Lady luck had a machine for her
she did,
where she deposited,
one, two then three quarters
and pushed the button.

She could make a gambler win,
she could…
and she could dance,
beauty was in the
rhythm of her legs,
her legs mooooved, yes.

She was Lady Luck.

Then she was pulled across the room,
he was tall and blond,
more than "sweet heat",
she inched up to his beige Dockers pants
and button-down shirt
to his slender, tucked in firmness,
the hairs on her arms yearning in his direction,
like some kind of electrical charge,
and when he turned his blue gaze at her
she tossed her heart at him
and whispered into his ear,
ante up baby
you are about to win.

She could make a gambler win,
she could…
and she could dance,
beauty was in the
rhythm of her legs,
her legs mooooved, yes.

She was Lady Luck.

Magnus

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1 posted 2003-06-01 07:52 PM

Now ya gone and done it!!!

Wow!! Did I ever.. Love it!! sheesh,
speechless here...duhhhh....

Mistletoe Angel

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2 posted 2003-06-01 07:58 PM

(smiles) Oh Martie, this is beautiful, sweet friend, I think all you need is that smile in order to get some luck and what better way than to get that contagious offer from a woman's grace? (kiss on cheek) This is gorgeous, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story

***Shakira***

QjQ
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3 posted 2003-06-01 08:17 PM

what is the name of that casino? lol

wow what a terrific write!!!

QjQ

Martie

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4 posted 2003-06-02 01:00 AM

I wrote this as a short story some time ago...just because...then wrote a poem from the story. Could be any place, I suppose, where gambling takes place...but it was actually my imagination.

suthern

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5 posted 2003-06-02 01:08 PM

You didn't lose any of your marvelous story telling in converting it to a poem. *S* This is fantastic, Martie... I can hear the bells of the slots and the clang of falling quarters as she moves through the room. *S*

passing shadows
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6 posted 2003-06-02 01:12 PM

very cool write! could be a song!

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2003-06-02 01:35 PM

I was just telling one of our other poets...that anything can be written about. And then you go and prove it true!

kaile

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8 posted 2003-06-02 01:47 PM

the title pulled me in and i practically had to satisfy my curiosity...

great story! is the prose posted in the Prose forum? if so, i will very much like to read it...

Martie

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9 posted 2003-06-02 01:57 PM

Kaile...thanks for your interest in the prose...here's the link to it
/pip/Forum15/HTML/000965.html

Goodknight
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10 posted 2003-06-02 07:22 PM

Martie - your imagination spins a wonderful picture around me and your words tog me this way and that and I enjoyed this story so much - you are just so amazing but I say that almost every time and you are every time - loved it - paul

22NICK22
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11 posted 2003-06-02 07:42 PM

COOL

icebox
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in the shadows

12 posted 2003-06-02 11:45 PM

Luck be a Lady...tonight.

Very well done. Thank you for sharing it.

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

13 posted 2003-06-03 12:16 PM

Martie - lady luck was there one night, and then she left in haste. Win and loose...

BC

Larry C

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14 posted 2003-06-03 01:56 AM

Martie,
Your style is so varied and delightful. Excellent read.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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