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I am probably the most experienced "Craps Dealer" in las Vegas. 45 years and sill going. I love to wonder what? I am terminally lazy. Just love being here. Love old movies. Hate spelling. Love baseball. Have a thousand stories about older celebrities. I am

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Walking with God: 1 of 221
Walking with God It was in the year of "42" the time of the great war I was order on patrol to help with a parimeter to control Four of us, through the jungle we walked, of life and death, we talked We were as close as brothers, but in the jungle, we knew there were others The others, the foe, the enemy, their intent to not ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Anger: 2 of 403
AngerWhere do I display the anger brought my wayShall I sit and wait for a moment of hateOr shall I prize being taken by surpriseShould I slowly boil at angers toilOr suddenly rise to what I despiseI have a wealth of anger to blast with rancorFor a damming word from society's righteous heardThose fat people bred, without a th... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hard times: 1 of 146
Hard times It was a day in "33" that hard times came to meDown to my last dollar, and my stomach all a holler My dog "King", licking my hand, begging for food The weather, storm and rain, setting the mood Thinking of a cozy room, but looking at impending doomWet to the bone without a home, only the streets to roam "King" wit... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sin: 1 of 141
Sin When I started to sin I thought I could winWhen a problem was near, I would beginTo find a way to lie and cheat and thus competeIn a way that did not give to being caughtLeading me to advanced to trickery enhanced Where now I am a master of fraudulent planingI can take your money or your first floor landingWith nary a wor... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Soul Mates: 2 of 246
Soul MatesHis name Samuel Jason EsquireA man Famed in ink, quite distinctNever known to ever expireAn immortal many seem to thinkHis written word often heardRepeated by sages through the agesHis poems renowned by all aroundHis epic sagas bound in history's pagesIn curious fate my soul mateHow we met, in my mind is not setShed... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Spring: 2 of 200
SpringWhen is winter doneI so long to see the sunOh dreary dark grayWhen will you go awayWhere in God's heavenIs release from winter unpleasantMust there be sound reasonTo have a pleasing seasonHow long must we waitIn this cruel winter fateTo see one flower bloomTo have sunlight in every roomWhat will it takeTo a new season m... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Poetry is . . .: 2 of 170
Poetry, all down through history Written of life, love and mystery By visionary poets that brought Words and knowledge all thought Poetry of reason. poetry of season Poetry of the heart, does love impart Sweet of verse that we rehearse A thought to delight from ready insight Poetry relating what imagination dictating A poet... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: When you look at me: 5 of 309
When you look at me, I wonder what you see?What could it be that makes you look at me.Is it the years worn that now swarm upon my face?Is it a life now traveled and beginning to unravel?Or do you see, in me, a future image of you to be?Yes I am old now, readying to take life's final bow.There is still a lot I know and If you ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I do not cry: 3 of 185
I do not cryShould I cry If life passes me byShould I be alert for things that hurtWhen faced with hate, do I curse my fateWhen bad is worst with coming hearseNo matter what comes by, I do not cryWhat in this life can bringTo me, some terrible thingThat would, in my world, harmMe, in such a way to alarmTo hurt deep, still I w... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Rage: 3 of 156
RAGEI knew a lad, Christen Bell, I knew him so very wellA lad with a steady pace, with never a gloomy faceAs boy and young man, he set goals, for a life time planAll that he had met, praised the ways he had setThen one night, unexplained, while violent a storm reignedIn a bar, not very far, sipping a drink, he came to the bri... More..