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    Gambler's Get
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    Night Mist corona moon-walking on air
    Sweet frangrance of chance everywhere.
    'Twas a gamblers night 'ore the wide way
    On the eve of new year, or so they say.

    The year matters little in the long run
    'Tis the essence of chance new begun
    Cards to the table, if that is the game
    Fate deals the tale under any name.

    Gambler's Get on the soft winds walked
    Odds' Child in the Change,Dealer stalked
    To skill or to chance, the prey did fall
    To the game,to the fates, Eternity's call.

    
    He sat to table, She watched from the side
    Gambler's Get, come to challenge, bets offside
    The cards rose and fell as the Fates decreed
    Silver, copper and paper, the coin of greed

    She stroked His right arm, lending Him luck
    He wagered His skill and played against Puck
    The tale is told as He emptied His pocket
    Of Gambler's Get come before Time's docket.

    She reached down deep and staked His last game
    At the end of a year, in lost love's name
    He Played, on old habit, and lost, to his shame
    Gambler's Get and the bet and the last Game

    Copyright 1994 Gay Bost
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