Failure In Solitaire

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"I hold in my hand a deck of cards."
"A deck of cards?"
"A deck of cards; choose one."
"Just one? Okay."

"Now don't tell a soul. Replace it, please. One...two...three…Is it a five of clubs?"
"Yes, indeed."
"The trick is to order the cards, you see."
Ah, you cheat by stacking the deck. Naturally, I wouldn't think of you any less.

I take the cards and shuffle them, until three tens are lined up on the top.
"You ruined my magic trick."
"Here, you shuffle then."

"And she does a quick three-play, we might need a replay on that, folks, she's working quick now…"

"The object of boredom is to become un-bored…
…Solitaire is a loners game."
Which is the truth and which is the lie?

"I never seem to win. I thought I was but…yeah."
I chuckle. It's almost half-past eleven.
"Yeah, you fail."
He replaces the deck of cards in his pocket
for safe-keeping.

Author's Note

For tonight’s presentation, we ask you to turn off all pagers, music players, cell phones, and other electronic devices that may interfere with the presentation itself and/or the guests around you. You may turn them back on at the end of the show when you are relieved of your seating.
Any relation to persons alive or dead, zombified or vampiric, Jack Nicholson or Bill Cosby, are purely fictional and by no means have any reason behind them other than the amusement of the writer upon thinking about a deck of cards, an style of class, and solitaire in study hall.
Please remove your hats, button your trousers, and leave all children under the attendance of your own supervision.
Thank you, and enjoy tonight’s presentation ^^.
(c) faydescape 10/10/11

Reviews

[Chris]

Take a deck... riff it, and again... cut it twice... the top card is -
never boring because you didn't see it.