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This is actually a true story. My brother and I, when we were 10-12 years old we would go to our hometown fair and we would play the spinning wheels and try to win prizes. We had a good thing going there for a few days, until one day when we got caught. We would wait for the wheel to just about stop and we would quickly try to put our quarters down on the spot where it stopped (mom, dad, sis, etc.). It actually worked quite a few times (lol). We were bad, yes. But hey, we were kids.

Spinning Wheels Turn

Round and round it spun
Where it stops...nobody knows 
Every click of the wheel my heart beat more rapid 
A whole rack of items to pick from, three rows
 
It was mine for the taking
Click, click, click, click...it stopped 
Huridly, slyly, quickly...without anyone seeing me 
On "MOM" my quarter...I dropped
 
"We have a winner" Shouted the entrepeneur... 
running the spinning wheel game 
"Pick any prize" He shouted loud 
That's when my surprise came 

"He cheated" Yelled the woman... 
With far away eyes
I seen him slide the quarter on...
After the spinning wheel dies

I got caught and I knew it 
So I took off...like a bat
I had almost won the prize
If, that woman...weren't a rat
 
I learned me a good lesson
Not to do that...never again 
I was bad and I was naughty
But honestly, I was only...but ten 


At A Fair Poetry Contest 
Sponsored By Julia Ward
2-20-2019

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