Best Gambled Poems

I'll leave you
My Bones,
Under all but two
Upturned stones,
I gambled with one bullet
And five empty chambers,
Spun the silver roulette
And click went the hammer,
The thoughts in my head
Melted with the hot lead,
It's all in the red
All that I could have said,
Resting in pieces
My theories, my plans, my...

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She gambled on you
She walked a bridge too far  
You didn't feel it true
It was too high a bar

She could have tried talking
That way she would've known
Behind your infatuation
Real affection hadn't grown

She thought there was a bond  
A mystical dream  
But the...

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Was blind to see
The path and cost of love
Soul regrets gambled time
I’m gone…...

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There's holes in all my pockets
No more money do they hold
My hands can't go much deeper
Trying to shield them from the cold
I've got 'bout fifteen dollars
Rolled and stuffed inside my boot
Got it from a pawn shop
Where I went and sold my suit

The road to where...

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We played rummy, and we played gin.
I was doing well for the shape I’m in.
We played in the car, we played in the house.
Over my foot ran a strange little mouse.

Why didn’t you get it? My husband asked me.
I was too busy, as you can...

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I gambled for selfish gains,
God saw my sinful vanity:
He allowed me to do horrible things... 
what pleased and thrilled me;
I mocked him for the strict rules
of discipline and morality,
but He didn't limit me to foresee
the impact of my disobedience,
and the consequences of my actions!

His sorrow...

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