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A Fool's Paradise

Come on, place bets and roll the dice, the gambler. A near win is twice the size, the gambler. They say what goes around comes around. The wheel of fate rotates, rates rise, the gambler. You feel tonight like lady luck is smiling on you but it does not suffice the gambler. You want it all! The gambling house, the dealer, the weel of fortune and the dice. The gambler’s schemes how to be a Master of the Gambling for a long time ago entice you, gambler… The Master of the Gambling shrugs his shoulders: at last, he is as well a nice old gambler, who just has cracked the way to end this poem. Welcome to a fool’s paradise, the gambler.

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/29/2019 12:19:00 AM

My sister's late husband was a true gambler. Sometimes he would win which would always encourage him to play more. He bet on the horses he bet on games and he loved Las Vegas. He did not take care of my sister who now lives with her son. My husband also enjoys gambling but he's very sensible and has left me in very good shape for when he passes. He hasn't gambled in over twenty years. It is a disease that one cannot get well from alone. Your last line sums that up very well Kurt. : )

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/28/2019 4:03:00 PM

A fool's paradise indeed, I know a woman who will be retiring and living at the mercy of her children until the end of her days, for she won $20K once and has spent every paycheck since, trying to win ten times that amount. Sad truly!

Kurt Ravidas
Date: 4/28/2019 4:20:00 PM

Truly sad. It becomes especially sad if we take into consideration that this passionate player is just a literary character. He exists only within the text. It is possible that the poor woman you mentioned is also someone's literary character. And all of us too.