What Happens
is supposed to stay there
i dreamt i was in vegas
with a pocket full of chips
i was with a strikingly beautiful goth girl
who had a piercing in all her lips
we took dinner and a show
then we hit the slots
and just for the briefest of moments in time
we were the biggest shots
i dreamt i was playing blackjack
every single hand i drew was twenty one
i had a thousand dollar bill in one boot
in the other a small but lethal gun
i hit every jackpot in the place
they comp'd me the penthouse suite
i did angels on a bed of chips and cash
smiling as is i drifted off to sleep
i dreamt that i dreamt that i was crucified
i was bundled from my bed in the night
bound gagged and blindfolded
and dragged off away from the light
in this dream i was tortured and abused
in ways i dare not speak of here
they took me to the edge of town
and showed me some more of my fear
so this is how my end plays out
my rise, my fall, my decline
they took me to the edge of town
and nailed me to the Welcome to Las Vegas sign
About the Creator
Brenton F
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Comments (9)
Really, *all* her lips 😱
Was gonna say sounds like a fun day lol then.. uh maybe not such fun after-all!! Excellent narrative style poem! Well done!
What a journey this was! Awesome piece, Brenton! 💫
Whoaaaa! Now that's sooo cool! Tragic and scary but cool! Lol!
ooo this is trippy, great work.
"I dreamt that I dreamt..." and down the rabbit hole we go. From elation to terror in a heartbeat!
Sounds about right. The Rise and Fall of the Vegas Empire. Very interesting. Nice job mate. 😎🍷🤙🏻🍷😀🍷🧐😏😔😟😣😤😳😳😭
I enjoyed the fullness of this - there's a whole story to take away.
This...is interesting, evocative, exciting and then terrifying...what a wonderful journey of nightmarish proportions you took us through, Brenton!