to love fate brings only a broken heart

[plural]

am taking a break from gambling
perhaps for an hour or so

after all one can only have
so much good luck

am up a grand now
took my chips and
am taking a break

[after all you cant lose]
[what you don't bet]

the last hand
when i decided
fate was only toying with me
seducing me with grand dreams
for this moment

fate is a fickle nymph
and quick to turn her eyes
to another lover

i had
two fours
dealer was showing a five

i stood

yes i stood
with two fours

which garnered some
strange looks

dealer flipped
a jack

fifteen

next card
a ten

and i was a hundred dollars
richer

my companions cheered
as if i beheld sacred
knowledge

and i did

the secret
about fortune
is
that she swings both ways
[the kinky lil slut]