An Ongoing Conversation on Poetry

An Ongoing Conversation on Poetry
Oxford Union Library, Oxford University

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Bet


The Bet
Christopher Bogart

How can you bargain with One
Who holds all the chips?
I’ve looked under my cards,
Under my chair,
Under the table.
I’ve even turned my pockets
Inside out
In search of just one
Chip to bargain with,
And, I’ll be damned,
Literally,
If I can find one.

It seems to me
That the game is just a little
Lopsided
If you can’t get up
The bet.

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