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 Contemporary poetry by Dan Donlan


What a year this has been,
Automatic sprinkler system
Cannot keep up!
record rainfall for months
 Someone turned off the spigot
Now they have turned on the furnace
Smoke from Canadian fires
Asthma has kicked in
Eyes are fogged in
California flooded and then on fire
Put crabgrass killer on
Crab grass survies lawn turning brown
Away to the wedding, Casino out of heat
Came back to mow the lawn
It was gone, OK, Replaced by brown dirt
Even four leaf clover died
Too hot to take off my shirt
OK  I am not that hot
The neighbors were all complaining
I know going to Casinos is stupid
But I bought one of those lotto things
On back it said second chance drawing
$100 free play but only good in far off Casino
Not that far away from the long drive to wedding
This is where it gets weird
Couldn't figure out how to play $100 freeplay
Gal says you have to put a dollar in
Put the dollar in and it began to spin
$102 and I had not yet put down freeplay
Freeplay won another $100
So far for a dollar I have $202.
Went to find wife to tell her and sat down
She liked this machine so called her
I can afford a twenty dollar bill with my winnings
God bar gold bar gold bard $130.
You got the calculator out
Still can't find her so looked around
This machine said American machine
I'll just wait for her to find me and play it
But the card won't go in says invalid
It also says bonus bonus bonus
Hit the button and spin spin spin win
Now I have another $100 no investment
Now I am dumb but not stupid
Put that in my packet of winners
I have invested $21.00 and still can't find wife
I see this machine making allot of noise
I can afford to invest $20.00
This Mexican dude is jumping up and down
Throws me 26 golden  peppers
I  now have another $230.00
Wife walks up and says how are you doing
The machine took $21.00 lets do home
"How did you do?" "Lost freeplay and another two hundred
I am done--tee hee-putting money in machines
They just take your money and rob you
She enjoys the Casinos can't let her know I won








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