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                        What Went Ye into the Casino to See?

                              Shootings at a Las Vegas Casino

                                                 -news item

What went ye into the casino to see -
A numbered mandala spinning truth on red
A James Bond manque in a cartoon tee
A tatted Sylvia Trench wheezing a joint?

What went ye into the casino to see -
A clapped-out Toyota cruising the drag
Mysterious encounters behind the Denny’s
Getting lucky in the Lucky 7 Motel?

Does a man learn at last what life really means
Choking in blood among the slot machines?


Cf. St. Matthew 11:7