Thursday, February 16, 2017

Day 16: Gambling for a Living

Gambling for a Living 

My great-grandfather could fix things,
put his bare hands to a wooden fence

or length of pipe. I can't even put
a swedish dresser together

without cursing
the slabs of wood sacattered

across the living room floor. In fifteen
minutes I'm going to play

for a million dollars and I'm naked,
hungover in the dark,

no handmade furniture in the house,
my closet full of broken boards.

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