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by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2059059
when you're playing the wrong game
your life has become a game
of three card monte
and game is rigged
no matter how slow the dealer moves,
the red card disappears
and you are left with sand filled eyes
and an itchy throat.

you want to escape.
events are conspiring to lessen you,
each so small,
so insignificant,
but the accumulation empties you.

you want the thumbtack
darts to stop their steady barrage.
there is no portion of your psyche
unmarred.
you bleed from every pinprick hole.

so there comes a moment
more soon than you want
when you can’t do it anymore.
you are finished.
the oscillations of your stomach—
expanding, contracting,
creeping up your throat—
are too much to bear.

but when you throw in your cards,
the dealer cries checkmate

and you’re lost.

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