Sunday, September 18, 2016

At Best

cards fall one way and stack another
the words held under the breath stall
and what we want to say is nothing
like what we do say, but who knows
what the absolute truth boils down to
so we hold our hand a little tighter
and we imagine the deck shuffled lighter
it all makes sense in the end
as the pot grows and the nose tells
exactly where the aces lie
but no one draws the royal straight
and no one passes up the full house
so each hand we play teaches us

to be honest and forthcoming at best

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