Companion poem for chapter 7 in the R.M. Dolin novel, "What Is to Be Done"
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Cards shuffle to
crescendo’s rhythm,
carrying a combinatoric almost
too consequential to be constrained.
Show me the soul of a gambler
and I’ll tell you story
you’ll wager can’t be true.
Anyone can count cards
it doesn’t guarantee victory
to the point you'd risk someone's life?
This is why
gamblers carefully consider
the cautiously cascading sound
of cards in a shuffle in games
where they think
they have an edge.
From the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done.” Jake’s maneuvered Miguel into a game of chance for the chance to win Sympatico’s freedom. What Miguel suspects but can’t quite figure out is how the game gives Jake an edge.
