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Taking My Chances
“I’m Taking My Chances”
I’m taking my chances, finding a girl!
Blonde hair, blue eyes, even a curl.
She drives an old Dodge, dented and marred.
She’s up on stage, in a play called Mars!
She plays the slots, over again.
Sometimes she banks, what she win’s.
She’s a lovely old girl, about 23!
If I let her alone, she weakened my knees.
I got a new job, pounding the street.
When I come home, she’ll rub my feet.
This lovely old girl, can’t be beat!
William J. Roney III
Copyright © 2020
It reads more smoothly now,
It reads more smoothly now, for sure.
Starward
A very interesting poem. Two
A very interesting poem. Two questions phrases kind of tripped up my eye, so I am not sure if I am misreading. Is the play called Mars. or is the title of the play, Call Mars ? And I am not sure if I am misreading the phrase "weelend the knees." Is it saying weaken the knees, or are you using the word weekend in a novel way as a verb? Not sure. and I hope you do not mind me asking, but I am so old I may be badly misreading this poem, and I sure don't want to do that.
Starward