Craps
No two skies are ever exactly the same --
certainly not yours and mine – yet we
inclement, and clear, at times in a quite
agreeable way. No two rises and sets are ever
less thrilling, for the sun cycles in an infinite
universe, never in the same solar place twice --
man riding the claims of
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Categories:
craps, creation, environment, identity, imagination,
Form: Free verse
At the Casino
The dice become unfriendly as I watch my slimming pile.
The seven’s coming up again, but doesn’t make me smile.
I’ve put most of my income on the ‘Don’t Pass’ line, you see
But the shooter was a devil and his points were killing me.
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He makes his numbers often, and I’m in such a fright
The guy’s so hot
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Categories:
craps, games, humor, hyperbole,
Form: Rhyme
Craps
I now have a point.
I’m taking my odds.
I’m making place bets.
Cover the table.
I’m looking to win.
Rolling the bones
to get my point.
Go lady luck!
Be nice to me.
What the heck?
Seven out!
There it goes.
I lose.
No bread.
Broke.
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Categories:
craps, loss,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Craps Senryu String
So we’re coming out?
Here’s my bet on the pass line.
I’m going to shoot?
That’s just fine with me!
Luck be a lady tonight!
Let me come out right!
I need a seven
I could use an eleven
Either one is good.
Okay, here we go!
Baby needs a pair of shoes!
Seven-eleven!
What do we have here?
Three and a four makes seven
Oh, Hallelujah!
Baby, let it
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Categories:
craps, lossme,
Form: Senryu
Vegas Craps
Vegas Craps
Showgirls dance at noon;
Over Sin City hangs the moon,
On the strip I cruise.
One-armed bandits shine;
Wayne Newton lights up the night,
Flying Elvis' dine
Tigers start to leap;
Sun shines as tired gamblers sleep,
Buffet patrons eat.
Call girls dream of fun;
Neon fuels the Vegas sun,
Hustler's on the run.
Black Jack Baby hides,
Bugsy Siegel's paradise,
Cheaters pay the
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Categories:
craps, adventure, happiness, parody, places,
Form: Rhyme