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Dead Man's Hand

The dealer dealt the hand with deft finesse
Black aces and black eights
Felt the muzzle on my neck.

Written March 22, 2022

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Bill Baker

March 24, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Your Kimo said it all. Bill

L Milton Hankins

March 24, 2022 at 6:29 PM

I know better than to play poker!!!

Caren Krutsinger

March 24, 2022 at 3:03 AM

Poor Wild Bill! Thanks for the reminder.

L Milton Hankins

March 24, 2022 at 10:20 AM

You're welcome. I agree. No one should die like that!

Andrea Dietrich

March 22, 2022 at 9:23 PM

I kind of felt like someone got killed here but I did not ever know the story about Wild Bill or what dead man's hand meant. VERY clever, now that I understand from the comments below.

L Milton Hankins

March 22, 2022 at 9:44 PM

Hey, you learn something every day. Google it. It's even more interesting because we don't know whether he had two pair or a full house.

Gershon Wolf

March 22, 2022 at 6:13 PM

If you hadn't replied to Tom C. below, I wouldn't have had the faintest notion about this one. Thanks for the explanation. B - r - r - r- r - r - r ... Not much more chilling than cold steel against the flesh ...

Gershon Wolf

March 23, 2022 at 8:17 PM

Yes, indeed. Especially here, I prefer to google rather than to gargle.

L Milton Hankins

March 22, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Interesting. I thought that was pretty common knowledge. You should google it, gw.