Gambling


Working on mysteries.
Pulled by hunches.
Prescient and fumbling -
proud and laid low
as a sacked city.

Playing games with my brains.
Keeping my eyes open
for the Big Score
while too burned 
to stay on the stove.

Gambling with other people's things
(I bet the bartender's moustache).
Changing the odds 
with the weight of my eyes.
Building a hand
with which everyone wins.

7/25/03