Long Poker game Poems

T'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club on the base,
jist me and my sisters alone in the...

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In the beginning after God had finished creating this land.    
Satan boldly challenged the heavens for the absolute control of man.
Gods’ architectural blueprint stretched for ages across the sky 
He watered the...

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I am a successful surgeon
but In reality I am a failure.
For I pay for the company of life.
I pay to be human,
pay for the understanding
that my patients receive for free.

I am the geek in the...

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Cold misty clouds rise above the grates
The streets only illumination, tossing shadows like pennies
Faded street lamps at each end
The cold is biting, as I roll the collar over my neck

I received a call earlier that...

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Armadilly Billy the Sling Shot Kidster was steadily on the move.
He was leaving the Southwest and his reputation behind, for sure!
Every gunslinger was out for him and of killing he’d become tired.
Even the weather was...

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I am a successful surgeon
but In reality I am a failure.
For I pay for the company of life.
I pay to be human,
pay for the understanding
that my patients receive for free.

I am the geek in the...

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While cleaning house I over heard the Trolls talking down below.
There was to be a battle in the grove, between a bear and a Troll.
They said this would be the end, to beat all ends,...

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ON THE ROCKS
 
Talk about bad luck, I hit rock bottom and broke a leg
One advantage to hitting rock bottom is at least I know which way is up now
I hit Rock’s bottom and he...

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The poker game wuz progressin' purty well 'til Iron Mike started a ruckus!
Seems he had some spare aces up his sleeve, that dirty, sneaky cuss!
One-Eyed Pete didn't cotton to them shenanigans and drew his forty-four!
Iron...

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France
Britain
and Spain
Three of a kind,
all with one aim
New World colonization,
territorial domination
Main strategic objective to be made:
land acquired by war,
or expansion thru peace by trade
All three needed native allies
They smoked the peace pipe;
puffing part truth, puffing...

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Til 2 A.M. 

One day a Dominican female gave her black guy friend two balls of chocolate.
Not just any chocolate but the kind can make you look twice and pocket it. 
The chocolate was so...

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Some day maybe, her wistful entreatment
another life
in some alternate time
perhaps with the reaping of my dreams
to gathers these echoes of portent
and make of myself more than strife
not to feel burdened by any means
to discover in...

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Politics is a cat-and-mouse poker game,
	     Some play it well,
others not so much
Amateurs show their hidden hand,
they got an easy-to-spot tell
But the old pros are the best cons,
selling you wet dreams...

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Declared debris?  ...  O' woe is me!
I am a just a chubby club of three..
Beyond the two, ... before the four
Not the card I hoped to be
If I could choose, I'd be much...

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John Doe
Buried 1913  (estimated age 35)


When Death opened its revolving door,
And pulled my screaming soul in, 
I found out the truth.
So, here it is fellow citizens of Whittier town,
Both known and unknown,
From John Doe,...

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'Twas the watering hole for loafers and other assorted rabble.
Religion and politics were debated as well as other inane babble!
The attributes of various local women were indelicately debated,
And the latest in rumors and spicy gossip...

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Here comes big Aunt Clara,
those arm pits really stink;
She uses all the paper,
leaves her dentures in the sink!

Wearing out her welcome,
attention's what she seeks;
For her to stay the night,
somehow becomes a week!

I can't go to...

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I've traveled the world o'er and consider myself a connoisseur,
Of the sandwich specialities of many a haughty entrepreneur.
I've sunk my teeth into tuna fish and spicy barbecue,
But there ain't nothin' like a rueben and ...

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In this robotic
predictable state
programs are written
you may call fate
defy with your battle face
to go on unplanned
likened to a poker game
where all know your hand
they wrote your story, long ago
I call it, robotic
because that is all...

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Cashing in my savings bonds
and tapping out my bank accounts,
got me into a high stakes poker game
in a Las Vegas casino.
Emboldened by my knack for winning
Texas Hold 'em online,
I dove straight into the deep waters
where...

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PLAYING THE GAME Of  POKER 

At the table,
the dealer begins the game,
passing out set number of cards,
players ready to exhibit mental acuity.

A full house of masterminds,
getting familiar with the cards,
playing different variations of the...

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Discerning Deception 

Intuition and scrutiny, everything you need 
Just read the following, if your sure you want to see 

They're saying yes, while their head shakes no
Their hands are often moving around their face and...

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Twos, threes, and one-eyed jacks,
And jokers thrown in too,
These were the wild cards in our poker game,
May seem a lot to you....
But four of a kind to open,
Somewhat evens up the score,
And this was a...

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a kiss in the morning, a kiss to say goodbye 
a kiss just cos I love you , when im alone i sit and cry 
you smile lights up my darkest days with eyes so...

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Ballad of Smorgasbord Cat

Once upon a hot July night
Smorgasbord Cat was born, not right.
The only kitten born with clothes,
She came out wearing pantyhose.

Blue bellbottoms when she turned eight,
Made her feel insanely great.
Her siblings bullied her...

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