Hand of Slight

will a random
member of the 
audience please

come on
stage to show
this is not staged

thank you 
you don't know
me then no it's okay

forget
the two
headed or
two tailed coin

let's make
the odds
even
here

i hold two
coins one with
both heads and
the other two tails

i will let you
pick which
coin you
wish to

use without
showing me
which one you
decided on and i

will ask a 
question and
you will decide
which coin you'll 

flip then i
will tell you
your answer
upon a simple

guess
so let's
get this
going and

randomly flip
one of the
coins and
i will ask

do you
think you
will pick a
coin that will

confuse me
with your
nod you
think

you have so
the bigger
question
is heads

or tales
which i know
the answer to any
question because i wrote

this
poem
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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