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Last Bet

Kurt Philip Behm

Waiting to die,
he took one last card

Waiting to die,
the dealer stared hard

Waiting to die,
his wager was late

Waiting to die,
which Joker abates

Waiting to die,
the odds become clear

Waiting to die,
last gamble with fear

Waiting to die,
fate out of the deck

Waiting to die,
—his soul his last bet

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on August 14, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Ab Ab Ax Ax Ac Ac Ax Ax x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 338
Words 62
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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