“Get It On” by Brian Kirk

after T-Rex and St. Paul You showed me all the moves; how to be silentand live inside the track. I was a fool, a brash voice in a teeming hall.I was a wise guy, but my wisdom was bluster, a gong banging, a cymbal crashingin a room where no one heard. You took my hand,…

“What Gamblers Know” by George Franklin

Gamblers are more honest than the rest of us. They know we can only take what luck gives— That when it’s good, it’s not because some virtue Rests on our shoulders like a soldier’s epaulets, and That when it’s not, there’s no point to second-guess or Blame ourselves, sit morose in cafés Or on padded…