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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-07-07 12:12 PM

My grandfather taught me to play poker.
Each summer from June to September
we played afternoons before dinner
and all day long when it rained;

he told me the memory of people,
their habits
the look in their eyes,
could cover my bet
when fate dealt me cards that were cold.

He promised it wasn't a game;
he once said that games
were for children
and losers who never grew up,
though I was nine at the time
I'd learned the presence of mind
to be still and study his eyes.

©2003 by icebox

EagleScorpion
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since 2000-03-08

Posts 1644
Here, Now, Forever

1 posted 2003-07-07 12:16 PM

nice... reminds me of that movie, "Rounders".. if you've never seen it, you should

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-07-07 12:23 PM

and your writings show
you learned and studied well

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

3 posted 2003-07-07 12:36 PM

I think even those childish games taught me lessons though i didn't know it at the time snakes and ladders has got to be one of the greatest analogies for the life that was to come..

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

4 posted 2003-07-07 12:57 PM

ice:

the eyes tell it all . . .
smart child you were indeed
xxoo

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2003-07-07 01:40 AM

icebox

The ability to learn by watching can be a life long aid in the "game" of life. A poignant piece...enjoyed!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2003-07-08 01:14 PM

he told me the memory of people,
their habits
the look in their eyes,
could cover my bet
when fate dealt me cards that were cold.

A wise teacher and an attentive pupil... I like this very much, icebox. *S*

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

7 posted 2003-07-09 08:41 PM

your holding 4 aces on this write,,,,

A voice of honesty
   is treasured
more than voices
   of flattery
      QjQ

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

8 posted 2003-07-09 09:33 PM

Good one. I have a poem called Eyes. The eyes tell us so many things if just pay attention.
Bon-Bon

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

9 posted 2003-07-09 10:48 PM

I like this one.I learned to play with family and there's no use bluffing with them. They know me too well.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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