Thomas P. Bones
art by Abby Goldsmith
Card Shark In The Clam City Tavern
The toothless lady shuffling cards
Has a face full of wrinkles
And a nodding head.
"Trump!" she shouts
With eyes aglow.A smile as thin as a thread
Drapes from ear to ear
Cracking a weblike face in two.
"Another hand I've won," she says
With glee.
Hoping her opponent will
Not flee.
He thinks he knows she's now out of trump.She looks at the barmaid with
A bright-eyed blink and says,
"Missy, I think I'll have another drink."