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52 Pick Up

High wind and low moonlight

In my bluffing poker hand

You strain to read the smile

behind my lie

But the smoke obscures my intentions

You check and ante

Calling me out to reveal

The truth of my brashness

We lay our cards there

On the table

And you stifle a giggle

As you rake in

My lost bet

I dig deep

While you deal again.

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timothy-mooney
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Jan 29, 2011
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