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Walter Poe
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since 1999-10-13
Posts 787


0 posted 2000-02-15 11:42 AM



We played through the night
as the cards fell just right
the aces came and called again
and queens of all kinds
were thrown my way
the twos only stayed well at bay

My hands were grand
and all the lands were mine
to give away
yet i won against the odds
every card touched by god

the lady stayed by my side
as the reds and blacks collide
my very soul was on the ride
tens and twos ace and queen
it was all i could do not to win

But with all that luck
And all the days i forgot
to eat and was lost to sleep
and my health slipped away
but i continued to play

Night and day the cards they lay
as my soul slowely dripped away
till on the eve of the 7th day
i finaly lost and my heart gave way
that was my final greatest day

 Pride of place in the human race goes to one without a trace,
of subtlety style ego or grace for this position, I wish to say, i would be proud as i am greater than any other face in the crowd


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Janet Marie
Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

1 posted 2000-02-15 04:21 PM


great rhyme flow in this one Walt...
and of course theres the moral to the story...
very fine work...JM

 "...we were born before the wind...also younger than the sun...
and my heart you have won...as we sailed into the mystic...
I just want to rock your gypsy soul-
just like in the days of old...
and together we will float-into the mystic...
Van Morrison


Artur Hawkwing
Member
since 1999-06-30
Posts 444
USA
2 posted 2000-02-15 08:48 PM


Walter, this is evidence of how addicting gambling can be!  It's an
interesting perspective that you enjoyed it until your final "greatest"
day.  If you ever have read Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time
series, I dare say that you have ta'veren luck because Matrim
Cauthon had that same luck you had with gambling.

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