Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Throwing in her cards Oct. 13, 2013

 


What does she mean

By surrender

she giving up,

throwing in her hand of cards,

 knowing she can’t win,

looking to get out

 before she loses more

 than she anticipated,

to whom is she surrendering,

 to herself, those thoughts

 that wake her in the early morning

the rattle of the hamster cage

or to the man

 who she once only wanted

an affair of the mind,

 not to me, certainly

I’ve long ago lost,

Thought  I suspect

she lost more than

all the rest of us,

the married man

who gets to leave

this poker table

with all the chips

 he came with

all hers as well,

 glancing back to gloat

 or with a look of pity

on her.

 

 


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