Big Win

Quick thousands

promised to us on billboards

and receipts

and 30-second commercials:

 

collect the tokens

scratch and match ‘em

fill out this survey

play your cards right

back the best horse

bet on all black

let it ride

put your name in the hat

BINGO basket

throw your hat in the ring

drop a quarter in and pull the arm, push the button

100^th customer

What’s behind door #1?

Is that your final answer?

 

But

I’ve never won a

drawing --

don’t have that kind of luck --

so I write poems

no one will pay for

and make sure my leisure is

free.

Reviews

[Aarea]

Nice work! I liked the final stanza the best. :) Make sure my leisure is free...nice. Great work here!

[lady sunshine]

"make sure my leisure is free."
i loved the framing of your poem.... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

and you are the brave and wise WINNING WINNER!!!! YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :)
nice one .. love the sarcasm and irony woven throughout .. makes me smile and accept my own looser's streak
E.

[DaughterNature]

Aw, thanks! Glad you found the humor in it :)

[Einstein Noodle]

for sure .. thanks for sharing
E.