“Faites vos jeux” (“Place your bets”)
Can you take your glass off the layout please?
The roulette wheel spins fast. The ball clatters and clatters, round and round. I beam a wide Cheshire cat grin. I am lucky!
My $20,000 of chips are sitting “en plien” (single number/straight up bid) on 33. The payout is 35 to 1. 33 has always been good to me.
Mine is the largest wager on the table – the table maximum.
The croupier’s face beads with sweat. I watch him try to aim the ball well away from 33.
The roulette wheel spins fast. The ball clatters and clatters, round and round. I shake my head with a downcast, mournful smile. I am unlucky.
Inverse
The roulette wheel spins fast. The ball clatters and clatters, round and round. I shake my head with a downcast, mournful smile. I am unlucky.
The croupier’s face beads with sweat. I watch him try to aim the ball well away from 33.
Mine is the largest wager on the table – the table maximum.
My $20,000 of chips are sitting “en plien” (single number/straight up bid) on 33. The payout is 35 to 1. 33 has always been good to me.
The roulette wheel spins fast. The ball clatters and clatters, round and round. I beam a wide Cheshire cat grin. I am lucky!
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Bonnie Bowerman
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This one made me smile at the second one. A lot of mulah to gamble away, lucky number lucky for you.
Great poem.
Oh no, that was so sad. Was rooting for them to be lucky!