Down To That Last Quarter
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This is a true story. I was dancing in between 4 casino machines for four hours, and my daughter did leave me. And I did....well, it is true.
I could not stop playing four casino Quartermania machines in Vegas.
Totally exasperated with me was my sixteen-year-old daughter, Mavis.
At two a.m. I was dancing between them singing a song I made up.
If anyone approached I gave them the stink eye and shook my coin cup.
Mom, I am leaving! She finally said at a quarter until three.
That was fine, okay, I threw her the keys. Quite all right by me.
I was up in the win zone, I had made a hundred dollars or more.
I was down to one quarter by ten minutes to four.
I looked at that danged quarter, debating about what to do.
I had not had wheels to return home since about three twenty-two.
I finally decided on the phone call, but I was reluctant. I called husband Cleo.
I asked in my sweetest, most charming voice, “Want to have breakfast at the Rio?”
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2022
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