Deal Me Again

Shuffle the deck. Deal the cards. Turn over your hand. Bluff.

It's your call.

 

I'll raise you five chips, you smile.

More for me, I chime.

The flop, turn, and river cards come

And I flaunt a winning hand.

The cards slide back in the deck as if

Nothing ever happened

And I shuffle, deal,

Burn and turn.

Your bet.

All in.

Call.

 

 

You were bluffing and I was bluffing

So in the end it's all about luck.

I bet a shirt and you, your pants

And we both hope to lose.

Only a pair of tens,

Guess I lost.

Off goes

Clothes.

 

Queen, King, the entire royal court gasp

At the two of us playing poker tonight.

I'm the dealer, you're the player,

But we're only as lucky as

The cards in our hand.

It seems that luck

Has run out

for the two

of us.

 

 

Quite regrettably we seem to have both bet

Our undergarments and now we're

Naked and vulnerable and

Sitting in a dark room,

Thinking this game

Has just begun.

Chips spill.

Cards fall.

Us, too.

Reviews

[MollyAger]

I love the visual/aesthetics of this piece! Great tease of a poem. Very edgy and curt.

[Gheeneil]

Wow! So sensual and so creative! Playing cards is such a wise game. Everyone wants to win but it seems that losing, in this piece, is somehow a prize. The "twists" (yes, it's in plural) make it more interesting and more engaging. One more thing is how this ends. This is just beautifully written. I had fun reading this.

[Last Lying Look]

This was really neat,
yet kind of saddening in the end.
I like the structure of this.
The edge in this piece was captivating.
-Elissa

[BjH]

a falling house of cards is all i can think about now

it has the perfect length and pace to read aloud and i like the form of the poem too

cheers

Benjamin

[Lauren Beth]

Hot poem, as Lamm had said....I really love the last stanza, especially the last three lines "Chips spill. Cards fall. Us, too."
Great write!

[Lamm F. Reeves]

Wow lol. I'm going to be blunt and say that that was a HOT poem. I love the way you line your stanzas up. It all just.. works. Oh, and thank you for your review.