The House Of Cards We Called Home
I never realized until I noticed
a part of me had dissolved
in the intoxication of you.
That missing piece was never mine—
it had always belonged to you.
I never noticed
how my sleep slipped away
into an ocean of thoughts
I couldn’t solve.
I wrapped myself in your thoughts—
thoughts that were not all true.
I lost a part of me
just to preserve the
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Categories:
house of cards, break up, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
The truth is there are
“Very fine people on both sides”
(and of course scoundrels on both sides too)
Because that’s the way people are
Good and bad, sometimes both
Depending on context.
It’s been this way in every conflict
From World Wars to local elections,
Family squabbles and schoolyard brawls.
And it’s how it will always be
Which should give us all
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Categories:
house of cards, culture, political, society,
Form: Narrative
House of cards
it came to pass
that the world we built
collapsed when it was tested
the fault line of course was ego
serial offender out on bail
disturbing the peace
the universe tests us
again and again and again
do we smile when the blood flows
perhaps our time has not arrived
becoming a Buddha must wait
our heart flutters in the wind
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Categories:
house of cards, introspection,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
You say you need a strong foundation, my friend?
On a god or guru, you cannot depend.
It is empty and false, and I beg your pard,
But, it will all fall down just like a house of cards.
Don’t expect support from your family or kin.
For a chance at the throne, they will do you
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Categories:
house of cards, depression, divorce, friend, home,
Form: Rhyme
House of Cards
House of cards, no agent can sell
Sulfuric regret all I smell
Laid flat with quiet violence
By one soft breath of pure silence
Building it shouldn't be so hard
The joke's on me with no discard
Loyalty my own worst penance
By one soft breath of pure silence
Was told triangles built strong things
But the most coveted are those rings
Stand them back
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Categories:
house of cards, husband, marriage, men, relationship,
Form: Kyrielle
House of Cards
See the King without a crown
As the walls come crashing down
Closely now his heart he guards
In this lonely house of cards
The Queen knew just how he felt
Broken from the cards she dealt
In a bad hand of poker
She ran off with the Joker
Now his thoughts are running deep
All alone in Castle's Keep
Licking wounds that would fester
Just
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Categories:
house of cards, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
House of Cards
I am an ace of diamonds
and you are an ace of spades
together we are two of a pair
like a king and a queen
living it up like a pair of jokers
inside a house of cards
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Categories:
house of cards, fantasy, games, imagination,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
I've been living in the house of cards
That I can almost know your move
Cause I've seen how the cards shuffle
And how the games have been played
I learnt all this while growing up in the house
By age of seven, I could keep a straight face
And bluff while I had my face on
I had
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Categories:
house of cards, games, life, metaphor, political,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
I won all my trophies
In a blood stained dress
Middle of the stairs
I tripped, they stared
Every step you take
Is a cut in vain
So realize before it’s too late
The whispers, the laughing
The screams, the war
The phantom songs
Playing in the background
The world they created
The life you believed
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Categories:
house of cards, 11th grade, anger, desire,
Form: Free verse
I Warned You the House of Cards Are Starting To Fall
Blackrock Corporation is in control of Ten Trillion dollars. It is the biggest asset holding Corporations in the World. One of their top managers Edward Doud left and was interviewed by Dr Naomi Wolf. Dr Wolf interviewed Mr Dowd. The information and proof shown in this video will Affect most peoples lives one way
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Categories:
house of cards, america, betrayal, dark, evil,
Form: Narrative
House of Cards
I once built a house of cards.
At the top's the queen of hearts.
Diamonds glitter, clubs grow like clovers
Spades decorate the castle all over.
Carefully constructed, everything in place
My home is perfect from the top cards to the base.
I am its chief, its builder and king
I unlock its door and let the bells ring.
Open to the
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Categories:
house of cards, analogy, angst,
Form: Rhyme
House of Cards
Group built like a house of cards;
The odds were stacked against us
right from the very first spark;
Crossing paths with the right hand,
Inevitability,
played a game we couldn’t win;
Time came with a royal flush.
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Categories:
house of cards, deep, emotions, feelings, friend,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
tucked away in your castle
master of the universe
isolated bunkered
guarded and surrounded
basking in delusions
one wild card and suddenly
your masterplan does not compute
so beneath you
your house of cards
tumbles tumbles tumbles
without net or safeguard
question is
do you dare
to reinvent yourself
AP: Honorable Mention 2021, Front Page Pick 2025
Submitted on July 17, 2021 for A BRIAN STRAND JULY 18 contest sponsored
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Categories:
house of cards, confidence, environment, faith, fate,
Form: Free verse
House of Cards
Play hearts?
No smarts
Blackjack?
Lack knack
Go fish?
You wish
Try bridge?
Ask Midge
Old Maid?
Afraid
Cribbage?
Priv'lege
Euchre?
Nuke her
Hold 'em?
Fold 'em
Psst:
Poker?
Mediocre
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Categories:
house of cards, games, word play,
Form: Footle
His House of Cards Fell
The Billionaire Boys Club was spurned.
On debut night, it crashed and burned.
It stars Kevin Spacey
who’s lewd, crude, and racy--
a predator, as we have learned.
What goes around DOES come around.
This adage is true, we have found.
So many are paying
for wrong things they’re saying
and doing. The stories abound.
It’s not
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Categories:
house of cards, celebrity, people, sin,
Form: Limerick
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