POKER HONTAS

POKER HONTAS

I'm hopeless at poker and each time I play,
I end up by losing another week's pay.
But this time it's different, my bad luck just fades,
I look at my hand and I see I've five spades!

I win that hand easily, get myself steady,
My luck must be in, so for winning I'M READY.
Next hand is a beauty, four aces, one queen
But the game has been rigged, like a Hollywood scene.

The cards were all dealt from the foot of the pack,
The dealer stays in, showing pair of red jacks.
I reach for the pot, but to my great surprise,
The dealer has FIVE jacks - I yell "Damn your eyes!"

He pulls out a pistol, says "Listen here, boy,
You've just been unlucky, this gun ain't no toy.
Better not cause a fuss, don't upset the company."
I swung at his nose and then they all jumped on me.

Thrown out of the card game, lying dazed in the street,
Swearing awful revenge on that gun-toting cheat
But I'm back the next week for some more of the same,
Lost the lot to five aces; but, hey, what a game!