“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.”

- William Somerset Maugham

Sunday, March 28, 2010

"Bet Me If You Can"

I am a gambler,
see me roll.
Stakes high,
chips fly,
odds rise against me.

I'll take the risk no matter the
loss--
cost me a beat,
toss in a heart,
I'm all in.

It's nature,
or addiction--
either way,
the math won't add
and I will lose.
But you
fold,
and I watch your back get smaller.

Question:
is it
you won't
or can't
go all in, too?

Drop the poker face,
it's just me, you,
and the dice.
And yes, the risk is
high,
but so is the prize.

So let's see those
cards, baby,
and take this town like Rain Man.

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