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Charles Barnett
Poems
Dec 2012
The House Always Wins
"Maybe if you're lucky"
she says like the dealer
at a blackjack table.
The representative of the House.
Of the Competition. She fingers
the deck of cards that hold my
fortune with whimsical interest.
Whereas I can't take my eyes
off the flop.
Written by
Charles Barnett
Ironton, Ohio
(Ironton, Ohio)
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