Games with trump cards are anathema to
Americans
For they are a gambling people by nature
Holding fortune in their hands on a turn
Lady Luck clucking in their cotton-picking
ears
So loud she could be accused of assault
With a deadly weapon, unless
They are all, as a nation, made to
reali(z)e
The game is rigged, the dice are loaded
And like life, no one gets out of here
alive.
So was it because of or in spite of this
reali(z)ation
That America elected Donald Trump its next
president?
I would say there has been no
reali(z)ation
And that America is still playing the odds
Laying down chips of fear and resentment
Turning over cards of racism and
xenophobia
Going all in, betting everything on the
next deal
The next roll of the bones
Nice to be a spectator in history's
biggest crap shoot
Only problem being we are all now casino
chips
In a winner takes all high roller blackjack deal
Where the winnings might be measured in body bags.
I only hope America's newest president has
experience
When it comes to counting cards.
© shaun patrick green 2017
Apt similes, metaphors and anthropomorphic references. I particularly like the sounds in "Lady Luck clucking in their cotton-picking ears"; the ominous "next roll of the bones" and the grim return to reality (after the clever gambling allusions) of, " the winnings might be measured in body bags." ... a telling comment on this bombastic, bawdy, brash, belligerent bastard.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, Laci. Erudite and jejune as usual.
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