Shuffle
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life deals the cards
face down
from a deck
stacked full with jokers
rare
the precious wild card
the game plays out
slowly
turning each card
hand at risk
wild card
strikes a jackpot
play continues
but the jester
hand is bust
player folds
not until
the hand is forfeit
or the final card
face up
is it known
what fate has dealt
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rob kistner © 4/6/11
Life… one deck you can’t shuffle…
Great piece.
I like the metaphor in this, but it also explains the fascination of card games and card tricks.
Well written. I like the metaphor.
A good extended metaphor about how life is lived forward but understood backward.
Nice…a perfectly apt metaphor!
You write the metaphor well!
Ya takes your cards and makes your bets. Devil takes the hindmost.
LOVE this. There are so many days that I feel like the deck is stacked against me…but there are other days that I feel I’ve been given the wild card and I am hanging on for the thrilling ride it can provide. Nice post!!
You play the hand you’re dealt. Nice metaphor.
Wow, I know the truth when I hear it. We have to play those cards dealt to us, too, though know there are other choices.