04-26-2022, 04:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-26-2022, 04:21 PM by RiverNotch.)
With nearly every trump in hand,
every trick was in his grasp:
fate had granted him a slam.
But side-by-side were the Nameless One,
the Lovers, and the House of God,
while Temperance took a conspicuous spot
in the kitty. "I told you",
went the girl he liked that knew she was liked
when, folding, he showed everyone
his hand, "you bid too much."
"We should have used a more modern deck,
maybe played some Whist instead."
every trick was in his grasp:
fate had granted him a slam.
But side-by-side were the Nameless One,
the Lovers, and the House of God,
while Temperance took a conspicuous spot
in the kitty. "I told you",
went the girl he liked that knew she was liked
when, folding, he showed everyone
his hand, "you bid too much."
"We should have used a more modern deck,
maybe played some Whist instead."