The Gambler's Longest Losing Streak on Record
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 14 years.
Started the day with the illusion that my head
Severed from my body completely
Total separate entities with no way for a reunion
Probably based on the idea of current sentiment
Feeling completely disconnected from the world
Adrift in a sea of floating one hundred dollar bills
Passing by at a rate that would make Superman faint
From the shock of money vanishing as quickly as it's earned
Even the Hulk would want to smash something because of it
Unable to cope with the feeling of two large stone tables
Pressed onto the chest of an everyman type
Struggling to find joy in a very contentious environment
Where the flames get snuffed out even faster than they're fanned
Cruelty dished out as a cold appetizer to those looking for scraps
Rather than the main course of the routine brass ring
Always within arm's length, but never grabbing onto it
Laughed away by the perpetual optimists who dismiss the stress
With the wave of their right hand and a standard phrase of reassurance
One that involves accepting each hand of cards that life dealt for the day
Hard to stomach when the hand is the worst seven cards ever
Kenny Rogers' Gambler on the biggest losing streak in decades
Las Vegas odds makers won't even bet on this defeated horse
Critics insulting the intelligence of the disgruntled masses
Looking to get through the day without losing all rational thought
Not wanting to give someone the finger on the way home
Or running a red light just because it was possible to do so
Sadly, the tablets are getting heavier and heavier
With no one around to help because they've lost faith
And they're stuck in their own perpetual bubbles of their own making
Forced to resign to a less than favorable deck
That can't be reshuffled until a winner is chose
Whenever that will be.