Card Game

The Queen of Spades trumps all In our game of hearts And other organs Tangled in Greek and Latinate names Ependymoma Epinephrine Endymion Wake up, Shepherd! The Black and the Red Call you Kings and Queens battle The rules don’t allow for discarding Draw from the deck, Choking the progress with wheeling lights and coloured geometric shapes Hearts Spades Diamonds Like crystals Crystal methamphetamine to make the cards fly faster Clubs Club the senses Introduce new shades, purple kush Orange and yellow sunrise Swirling blue and gold Smoke goes up and enter the kaleidoscope. Your kaleidoscope is white Fluorescent light Perfect background to lay the tricks Deal the hands And take your pick Buy? Fold? Try again? And when we’re done We’ll pick them up, one by one Put them in order again And lay them away in the dark. Sleep, Endymion. The Queen with the black eyes is your sign In dreams, everything is fine.