#spades
_I
may
play the
joker, *****
the knave, covet
the queen, and tuck
the ace of spades under my
pillow on a ringed moon night,
but I am forever shuffling the same
deck of cards. Marked cards, imprinted
with loss and patterned with misfortune. Co
urt cards dressed in ill-fitting suits, each face as
familiar as my own. Four seasons, four pips; twelve
months, twelve crowns. One card for each week of the
year. Sequentially pred ictable, and as underwhelming
as a rigged roulette wheel. U ntil, unable to distinguish
between the red and the b lack, the picture and the
plain, I fold. Void of co ntracts, and bleeding
widowe d blanks.
__.....So.....__
deal me in,
but deal me unpainted
and unmastered. Deal me clean._
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020 at 4:14 PM UTC
I built a house of cards as a child
And smiled looking over the structure,
The perfection of each placed piece
And the integrity it held standing tall.
Then at the bottom I pulled
The ace of spades from where it stood,
Suddenly the whole building did fall.
In awe, I looked and sat,
The entirety had now gone flat.
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019 at 9:49 AM UTC
my bleeding hearts of
stolen spades and clubs are now
in your cheating hands
Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 7:47 PM UTC
A deck of hearts
A deck of spades
Some cards to get me
through the day
Shuffle the stack
And mix them so
You lay them down
And you're good to go
Black goes with red
Red goes with black
No cards in hand?
take three from the stack
Now we go from King
then Queen to Jack
Red, black, red
Black, red, black
If you've played for some time
it's safe to say
you've come across a card
that had an A
don't be confused, it's called an ace
If you find all four,
it's your lucky day!
So here's a truth
I'm sure you can bare
Congratulations, my friend
You just played solitaire
Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 5:26 AM UTC
You always called me your Queen
And said you would be my King
But in the end, I was just the Joker;
I suppose that makes you the *******
So please kiss my Ace goodbye.
Apr 10, 2016
Apr 10, 2016 at 7:47 PM UTC
Poison in your lips,
Soft yet evil.
It conquers my soul.
Poison in your touch,
Yet hidden by your romance.
I am hexed,
By your masked love.
The poison,
It enchants.
The purest of souls...
Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 8:56 AM UTC