My Pyrrhic Trip

MY PYRRHIC TRIP by JOHN M. ARRIBAS I Had Planned this Trip for Years and Years Not Enough Longevity, Was My Haunting Fears But Sure Enough the Time Arrived to Go Gonna Ramble, Gamble and Catch the Shows Off to Vegas, I Can Hear the Casinos Calling Wad of Cash, Gas in the Benz, No More Stalling I Studied the Ins N Outs of the Games of Chance Developed a System, My Fortune Soon to Enhance I Was onto Something, a Bulletproof Scheme Hundred Percent Fool Proof, a Gamblers Dream Initiated My Plan Just a Dribble at the Commence Winnings Mounted, Creating an Air of Suspense The Crowds Gathered, Shouting Hip Hooray Taking the Casinos Money, Making Them Pay Amassing a Fortune, Time for a Grand Slam All In: One Last Bet, Cash In, Then Scram But the Flaw in My System Reared its Ugly Head I Was Greedy, Wanted More: I Should Have Fled Well That’s History Now a Trip I Won’t Discuss Arrived in a Benz, Left on a Greyhound Bus