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MsSouthernOrchid
Member

since 2003-07-12

Posts 192

0 posted 2006-11-25 11:22 AM

      Gambler's Fever
         ________

Don't fall in love with a gambler,
he'll only break your heart.
He'll make you trust him,
but tell you lies from the start.

A gambler is a master of deceit,
he learns well to hide his addiction.
He even convinces himself
that it's just a minor affliction.

He'll steal from his own family
to feed his gambling fever.
He promises to stop,
but that won't happen either.

A gambler's only true love
is placing another bet.
He'll keep his family pennyless
and always deep in debt.

A gambler will leave you
if you try to tie him down.
He's off to the race track
to bet on a new horse he found.

Lotto, poker and horses
are things that fill his mind.
There's no time for family ,
he'll just leave you far behind.

A winning ticket excites him
far more than you ever will.
The life of a gambler's wife
can be a very bitter pill.

Don't fall in love with a gambler,
he'll just break your heart.
He'll spin you a web of lies
right from the very start.

Pressie
Member

since 2006-11-14

Posts 157
Oklahoma

1 posted 2006-11-25 12:11 PM

Thank you for sharing this poem; this terrible addiction has cursed our family as well.

Non omne quod nitet aurum est - Not all that glitters is gold

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

2 posted 2006-11-27 04:02 PM

HMMMM are you still with him? just curious.

kingsangel

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

3 posted 2006-11-27 04:26 PM

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2006-11-27 05:25 PM

Yes, very sad....standing in line at the
local Minimart....scratching cards as
fast as they can print them out...and who
knows whether the kids have been fed or
not?   And neither sex is immune...

College dorms are becoming a place for Texas Holdum Poker......

The whole thing is sad.....bottom line,
if your conscience bothers you,  maybe it
is trying to tell you something...??????????

MsSouthernOrchid
Member

since 2003-07-12

Posts 192

5 posted 2006-11-27 10:24 PM

I don't gamble, but my ex husband did, and very likely still does. His addiction was too much for me to handle and we have been seperated for six years now. Life goes on.
Thanks for reading the poem.

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