Blackjack Senryu String
I came here to win.
I need a lucky shuffle.
I want some blackjacks.
Here is my money.
I hope you’re better this time.
Please, no surprises.
You were not too kind
to me the last time around.
I need some winners.
Here is my first bet.
Let’s go, I’m ready to win.
Please be nice to me.
A two and a nine.
I would like to double down.
Give me something big.
It’s a measly four!
I hope you’re going over.
Twenty-two or more!
What’s under your six?
I hope you will bust for me.
And you have a ten.
Please bust your sixteen
in order to let me win.
You’re going over!
And you pull a five!
That amounts to twenty-one.
And you made me lose!
Well, no more of that!
Here’s some more of my money.
You be nice to me!
A ten and a five.
And you have a six showing.
You’re going over.
I will stand pat here.
I think you will bust this time.
Let me win this one!
You must have sixteen
A big ten is under there.
Won’t you bust for me?
An ace underneath!
So you have a seventeen,
and I lose again!
Well, no more of that!
I’ll double my bet this time.
I need some winners.
An ace and a ten!
You have a blackjack for me!
Thank you very much!
Why don’t you pay me?
Oh, so you have an ace up
Who needs insurance?
I need half my bet
to be paid even money?
No, you don’t have it.
A king under there!
And you have blackjack also!
And that is a push!
Let’s try it again.
You owe me for some winners.
Give me lucky cards.
A ten and a four,
and you’re showing a nine up.
I must take a hit.
A big ten for me.
I busted and lost again!
Forget it today!
Copyright © Robert Pettit | Year Posted 2011
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