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A Game You Could Never Win

David Hernandez

I don’t have fast hands to play a game of draw
or walking ten spaces, turning, and firing.

The revolver rests on my knees,
looking at me, waiting for me to play Russian roulette.
One bullet in one of six holes,
the gun placed in my mouth,
tears flowed down my cheek.

I can’t earn money at the casinos,
I can’t afford to live
in an empty house
ready for foreclosure.

Two clicks from the trigger, but no firing, lucky me.
One more click and a firing came.
I can with at death,
but I lose in parting
with my body.

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