LPiA-26 Nov. 13

[Tiger the Lion]

Let's Pretend it's April - Nov. 13

Rules: Write a poem for LPiA on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a New Reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month, have written 30 poems for the month of November. (or one, or six, or fifteen) Prompts may be revisited at any time. All members are welcome.

Topic : Write a poem inspired by Gambling. 
Form : Any
Line requirements: 8 or more

Feel free to reply with comments or kudos as you wish. 

Questions?

[Bunx]

Glitches

Commoditize hope
as lifes exception
endless opportunities
hiding in risks shadow
through charcoal glass.

Behind a one way mirror
sits the manager
fathoming equations
adding change
from those seeking lights.

Data spawns a smile
he's wished for this
statistical probability
working in his dreams.
A broken money machine.

[dukealien]

The Beat


I can’t fathom its attraction–
avid gambling’s interaction–
where’s the constant satisfaction

feeding coins to slot machines
turning cards as losing cleans
bankrolls of their ways and means?

But there’s one thing that I do–
it’s addictive (seated, too)
costing hours, you know who

we are, jigsaw puzzle aces
as the pieces find their places
each providing strokes and graces

of release.  A gambler must feel
that same cycle, but his kick’s real-
repetition, loser’s whole deal.

Puzzle pieces on the floor
gambler trudges to the door
beat, but we’ll be back for more.

[CRNDLSM]

Innocent 'til proven guilty, so lie.
Two more people to question,  a twenty
year old family hire, wouldnt take off his I-
pods, all attitude.  And a seventy

year old accountant who knew none of them
personally, barely their names.  The cad-
aver results had drugs in system,
and high alcohol content in his blood,

but the cause of death was a broken neck.
None of his gambling debts had people hunt-
ing him, so it seemed, so all boxes checked...
He needs a conviction, he doesn't want

to let a killer loose, no matter why.
Let the courts set them free or hang them high.