My Luck Ran Out On You
Wonderland Challenge Day 11 "Cards"
I was dealt a losing hand
From the start
But always believed
Luck was earned
Not ingrained
Happenstance, just that
I was caught in
A run of lost pots
Could happen to anyone
It often does
Life's a pain
No matter your lot
🂾🃏🂱
The difference lies
Not in severity
Nor frequency
Of misfortunes and flops
But the buy-in limit
At the door
🂾🃏🂱
High-stakes players
Are rolling
For salaries
Not pennies
Their pay-in a pittance
In the grand scheme
Of financial ability
Any losses
Discharged from
Their want
Not weekly groceries
🂾🃏🂱
Knowing the rules of the game
Seeing the other table
Doesn't get you a seat
It only makes keeping your
Eye on the ace harder
🂾🃏🂱
Because the rest of us
Wrestle
Monty on the
Corner
For three cards
And a dollar
Hoping to suss the secrets
Of the universe
And make it home
Having recouped
Our devastating payout
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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CH 20~ Party Down
Argento’s ninth (eighteenth in earth years) Birthday came and went Thursday, the thirteenth, and he’d already received his father’s gift, if you could call it that. You had to commit a fairly serious infraction to be cut off; the Arch-Baron was keeping up appearances and maintaining his own reputation as much as any sense of love or attachment to Argento with his “gift.”
By K.B. Silver Exclusive • 8 days ago
Comments (3)
I love this! "recouped our devastating payout" is a fantastic end!
I really relate to this poem, K.B. <3 Wonderfully done
I loved the punchiness of this! Great rhythm!